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 791 - 800 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle breeders block the Jendouba - Bou Salem road to protest against the increase in feed barley prices | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jendouba, Bou Salem | Tunisia | May 9, 2022 |
| Protests broke out in Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods for the second day in a row regarding the death of a young man who fell into a trench trying to escape a security patrol in the area. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods. | Tunisia | October 15, 2022 |
| Protests broke out in Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods regarding the death of a young man who fell into a trench trying to escape a security patrol in the area. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods. | Tunisia | October 14, 2022 |
| Teacher stage sit-ins nationwide to stand for their rights | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunisia | December 28, 2021 | |
| Telecom companies end the open-ended strike they started mid-September after reaching an agreement that addresses some of their demands. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Tunisia | October 13, 2021 | |
| Domestic gas distributors start a strike to demand the implementation of agreements and after negotiations between their syndicate and authorities in charge failed | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Tunisia | March 21, 2022 | |
| Employees at four fuel-distribution companies strike for 2 days to demand an increase in wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunisia | April 15, 2022 | |
| Doctors strike nationwide to demand reforms of their status and benefits. The strike is organised by the Union of Public Health Doctors Pharmacists and Dentists. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunisia | January 25, 2022 | |
| 56 detainees in Tunisian jails hunger strike to demand their release | Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunisia | November 17, 2021 | |
| Teachers strike all over Tunisia to protest against the assault of a teacher and to demand the authorities to take the appropriate measures | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |