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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protesters in Sfax stage a sit-in to defend the inviolability of the Constitution, to demand the deposition of President Saied and to oppose what they consider as a coup | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | October 2, 2021 |
| Partisans of President Saied demonstrate in downtown Tunis and in other major cities on the coast to support the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and more recently on September 22 | Collective / Informal group | Other | Demonstration | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Tunis, Sidi Bouzid, El Kef, Tozeur, Beja | Tunisia | October 3, 2021 |
| Protesters roadblock in Zarzis to demand the transfer of the migrant shelter and the expulsion of migrants from their district | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 4, 2021 |
| Unemployed stage a sit-in outside Kasserine Governorate headquarters to demand the President of the Republic to activate the provisions of Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed, CSO | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | October 4, 2021 |
| The Workers' party stage a sit-in outside the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25 and the pre-25 July political system, They call for a "democracy from the people". | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 9, 2021 |
| Demonstrators march from Mohammed V street and gather in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis to denounce the suspension of the activities of the Parliament and the other exceptional measures decreed by the President on July 25, | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | March, Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | October 10, 2021 |
| Taxi drivers stage a sit-in and start a hunger strike in El Mitlawi to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed drivers transporting passengers, and the non-implementation by the Municipality of agreed-upon agreements aimed at improving the tr | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | El Mitlawi | Tunisia | October 11, 2021 |
| Students of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities in Raqqada roadblock and boycott lectures to protest against deficiencies in university restaurants and dorms | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Raqqada | Tunisia | October 11, 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 | |
| Unemployed stage a sit-in in Beja to demand the President of the Republic to activate the provisions of Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | October 13, 2021 |