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 591 - 600 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort ascending Country Date
Farmers from Bouhajla stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the governorate of Kairouan to protest against the increase in feed barley prices Workers group: Agriculture workers Policy grievances Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia May 6, 2022
Employees of the sectoral centre for energy training in Kairouan stage a sit-in to denounce the decision to demolish the administration building and restaurant Workers group: Public Sector Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Kairouan Tunisia December 3, 2021
Joumine residents stage a sit-in to express their refusal of a project, demanding instead to set up a civil protection branch in the area Collective / Informal group Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Joumine Tunisia August 2, 2022
Protesters demonstrate in Jilma after a young man was killed by a customs guard Collective / Informal group Injustice / Perceived injustice Demonstration Other Repression Jilma Tunisia September 8, 2022
Jerissa residents state a sit-in to alert on the environmental and sanitary disaster caused by the Umm al-Iklil cement factory Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Jerissa Tunisia June 12, 2022
Farmers demonstrate and block Jendouba and Bousalem roads to protest irrigation water cuts Workers group: Agriculture workers Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Demonstration, Road blockade, Tire burning Demands for rights / Services N/A Jendouba Tunisia July 6, 2022
Individual taxi owners in Jendouba stage an open-sit in outside the Governorate building to demand to settle their status and to be granted licenses Workers group: Self-employed Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Jendouba Tunisia November 24, 2021
Mayors, counsellors, and civil society activists stage a sit-in outside the Court of First Instance in Jendouba to demand the release of Tabarka mayor Political Party, CSO Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Jendouba Tunisia August 15, 2022
Social Affairs employees stage a sit-in at the Regional Directorate for Social Affairs in Jendouba to demand reforms to improve working conditions Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Jendouba Tunisia February 12, 2021
Protesters block the Bousalem-Fernana road to protest drinking water cuts Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Jendouba Tunisia June 23, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart