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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soliman residents and Sidi Rais beach sailors protest against Takelsa sanitation station project fearing its negative impact on agricultural lands | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Soliman | Tunisia | August 6, 2022 |
| Local residents stage a sit-in outside Medenine University hospital to demand better health services | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Medenine | Tunisia | August 6, 2022 |
| Students and their parents stage a sit-in outside the Ali Ben Jaballah primary school in Jelma to demand to establish a new school in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jelma | Tunisia | August 5, 2022 |
| The Association of Unemployed University Graduates stages a sit-in in front of the Presidential Palace in Carthage to demand the enactment of an exceptional decree to give job opportunities to high degree holders who have been unemployed for a long period | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Carthage | Tunisia | August 4, 2022 |
| Sidi Ahmad residents prevented the natural gas pipeline project from going on to protest the small amount of compensation and in light of the failure to comply with what was decided six months ago in accordance with legal and judicial procedures | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Civil disobedience | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Ahmad | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
| Residents and civil society activists stage a sit-in on national road No. 3 at the entrance of El Hamma du Jérid to demand the cancellation of a decision to prevent all buses and four-wheel drive vehicles from parking in El Hamma du Jérid | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | El Hamma du Jérid | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
| Higher education graduates stage a sit-in outside Sfax governorate to call for their right to work | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
| President Saied supporters stage a sit-in outside the governorate building in Sfax to protest the US interference in Tunisian affairs | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
| Owners of tourist carts pulled by horses block the main road in front of the governorate headquarters in Tozeur 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 | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tozeur | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |
| Joumine residents stage a sit-in to express their refusal of a project, demanding instead to set up a civil protection branch in the area | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Joumine | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |