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 641 - 650 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
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Country | Date |
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A solidarity protest in Ariana in support of recent detainees in popular neighborhoods as well as Olad Juballah residents | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 12, 2021 |
Journalists stage a sit-in in front of the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists building to protest against the incitement against them and attacks they face when reporting on the field | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 14, 2021 |
Contract workers stage a sit-in in the Government Square in the Kasbah to demand the enforcement of the agreement that would establish them as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 15, 2021 |
Refugees and asylum seekers start an open-ended sit-in in front of the headquarters of the UNHCR in Tunis and blame the UNHCR for the deterioration of their social and economic conditions | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 15, 2022 |
Attayar, FDTL, Joumhouri Workers' Party, and Al Qotb supporters held a demonstration in front of Tunis's Municipal Theatre, demanding the resignation of the president and calling for an early election. | Political Party | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 14, 2023 |
Public sector engineers held a sit-in in Tunis | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 2, 2021 |
The General Union of Tunisian Students staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to denounce privatization of the sector and the difficulty of finding student accommodation | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 27, 2021 |
Lawyers stage demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace in Tunis in solidarity with the Palestinian people | Workers group: Other | Regional / Political grievances | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 18, 2021 | |
Employees of the National Office of Radio and Television Broadcasting strike to demand the implementation of the December 22, 2020 agreement related to the increase in the individual allowances | 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...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, ''Citizens against the Coup' stage a sit-in in Habib Bourguiba street against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December 13 | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | December 17, 2021 |