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 691 - 700 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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Lawyers, notaries of testimony, notaries of execution, experts, local organizations, and activists from civil society, stage a sit-in on Djerba island in front of the district court, demanding the implementation of Order No. 354 of the year 2019 related t | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Other | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Djerba Island | Tunisia | November 14, 2022 |
Houmt Souk Vaccination Centre employees in Djerba start an open-ended sit-in to demand the payment of their bonus | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Djerba | Tunisia | February 26, 2022 |
Djerba residents stage a sit-in outside the National Water Distribution Utility to protest water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Djerba | Tunisia | March 28, 2022 |
Teachers in a primary school in Djerba start an open-ended strike to protest against an ongoing investigation of schoolgirls harassment by the school principal | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Djerba | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
Dhrabnia residents block the Kairouan-Tunis road over drinking water cut | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhrabnia | Tunisia | July 11, 2022 |
Dahmani residents stage a sit-in to protest the authorities' failure to provide them with drinking water and pump water despite what they pledged | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Dahmani | Tunisia | June 22, 2022 |
Chouigui residents block the Terbouba - Mateur road to protest a two-month-long cut-off of drinking water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Chouigui | Tunisia | April 14, 2022 |
Parents of students stage a sit-in outside a primary school in Chebika to demand stakeholders to take legal action against a teacher who harassed a student | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Chebika | Tunisia | May 4, 2022 |
Chanchou residents block the Gafsa-El Hammar road to protest drinking water cuts and to demand to tarmac a road | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Chanchou | Tunisia | September 1, 2022 |
The General Union of Media and the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists stage a sit-in in Casbah to protest the forced closure of media companies | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Casbah | Tunisia | October 13, 2022 |