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 |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi drivers start an open-ended sit-in outside Gafsa governorate headquarters to demand the issuance of taxi licenses under the 2019 agreement | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | September 12, 2022 |
| Former workers at the company of member of parliament Lotfi Ali stage a sit-in outside the headquarters of Gafsa governorate to demand his release | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | May 5, 2022 |
| Guard workers in the National Railway Company stage a sit-in demanding better working conditions. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | December 12, 2022 |
| Families of those arrested in cases of administrative and financial corruption in relation to a phosphate company in Gafsa stage a sit-in to demand the release of those arrested more than 15 months ago. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | November 29, 2022 |
| Hundreds of Tunisians protested in Gafsa over poor public services | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | January 23, 2021 |
| Regional Committee for Social Solidarity employees in Gafsa stage a sit-in to demand the release of the agency director | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | February 14, 2022 |
| Many private taxi drivers are on hunger strike after being denied licenses | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
| Contract workers working with the Tunisian Chemical Group in Al-Mazila 1 factory stage a sit-in outside the factory to demand the payment of their unpaid salaries | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | February 14, 2022 |
| Gafsa residents stage a sit-in outside the local branch of the National Company of Water Exploitation and Distribution and roadblock to protest water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in, Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | July 9, 2022 |
| Gafsa residents roadblock over drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | August 16, 2022 |

