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.
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Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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National Health Insurance Fund employees strike and stage a sit-in outside the Tunisian General Labour Union in Tunis to demand the enforcement of a law that would ensure their labour rights | 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...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 1, 2022 |
Paramedical students in private universities stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Tunis to denounce discriminatory measures taken by the Ministry | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 22, 2021 |
Lawyers stage a sit-in outside the regional section of lawyers in protest against the arrest of the former Minister of Justice | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 31, 2021 |
Teachers in Al-primary Ghazali's school stage a sit-in due to a parent of a student's assaulting the school's principal. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 26, 2022 |
Injured victims of the 2011 revolution organized a sit-in calling for their official recognition by the state as victims | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Support of a cause | Bargaining | Tunis | Tunisia | January 6, 2021 |
The Free Constitutional Party continues its sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 10, 2021 |
Workers of the "Ben Bashir" sugar factory stage a sit-in in front of the factory and blocked the roads demanding the payment of their wages. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 8, 2023 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport to protest the increase in fuel prices and car parts prices | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 14, 2022 |
Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund in El Menzah strike and demonstrate to demand a better insurance, work clothes and a new job classification system | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 8, 2021 |
Migrants coming from African countries stage a sit-in in front of the International Organisation for Migration to demand their return to their countries of origin | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |