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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Protesters demonstrate in Takelsa to demand the Office des Terres Domaniales to give them back their lands | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Takelsa | Tunisia | September 7, 2022 |
Residents of Sidi Mechreg delegation stage a sit-in on the Zayatin Dam road to protest drinking water shortage | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Sidi Mechreg | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Secondary education teachers in Gafsa stage a sit-in at the regional commission for education to protest the planned transfer of teachers | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in in Gafsa to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in in Sousse to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Bou Hajla residents block the Bou Hajla-Echrarda road to demand authorities to set up speed reducers on the roads to reduce traffic accidents in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bou Hajla | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Quarry workers stage a sit-in outside Sidi Bouzid governorate headquarters to demand to renew the license of the stone quarry, and to resume work | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
Owners of tourist carts pulled by horses state a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the regional delegation to protest against the Ministry of Tourism not fulfilling its commitments towards them | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | September 5, 2022 |
Mohammedia residents march and roadblock to protest the project to establish a waste recycling center in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | March, Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mohammedia | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
Relatives of a man who died while he was in detention and civil society activists stage a sit-in in Tataouine to demand the Ministry of Justice to open an investigation into the circumstances of the death | Clan member | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |