Mapping of Collective Actions in Tunisia
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Tunisia tracks mobilisations by groups of people whose goal is to achieve a common objective.
Each mapped collective action is based on a typology devised by the Centre for Social Sciences Research and Action.
The objective of this database is to explore collective actions by providing accurate data and relevant information on mobilisations happening in the country.
Explore the interactive charts below the table.
Data collection for this mapping is done by the CeSSRA team.
Information sources: Media reports, NGO reports, aid actors reports, as well as first-hand data collected by the CeSSRA team.
Period covered by data collection: December 23rd, 2019 - till present.
Displaying 551 - 560 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 unemployed start a hunger strike inside the governorate building in Kasserine to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | November 21, 2021 |
| Prison workers in Kasserine stage a sit-in to demand nightshifts' payment and benefits | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
| National Social Security Fund employees in Kasserine start an open-ended strike to demand the implementation of a basic law that grants them their rights as workers | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | January 11, 2022 |
| Agricultural workers stage a sit-in in Kasserine to protest against the attempted murder of the director of the Forestry Department in Kasserine | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Agriculture workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | November 1, 2021 |
| Employees of taxes and taxes collection offices in the governorate of Kasserine stage daily sit-ins outside their offices for one week to demand the Ministry of Finance the payment of a due grant | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | May 16, 2022 |
| Protesters in Kasserine burned tires in protest of lack of jobs and state support | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Kasserine | Tunisia | January 14, 2021 |
| Journalists stage a sit-in in Martyrs' Square in Kasserine as part of the general strike in public media | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | April 2, 2022 |
| Medical and paramedical employees at Kasserine hospital stage a sit-in to protest against the regular assaults by patients and their relatives | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | September 12, 2022 |
| Bakeries owners in Kasserine strike to demand their financial dues and voice other demands to reform the sector | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Kasserine | Tunisia | May 23, 2022 |
| Unemployed university graduates stage a sit-in in front of the Governmental headquarters in Kasserine to demand job opportunities in the civil service | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | April 20, 2022 |

