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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Employees stage a sit-in at the National Bureau of Television and Radio Broadcasting to protest against the failure of the conciliation session regarding the implementation of the December 22, 2020 agreement related to the increase in the private grant | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | November 16, 2021 |
The Regional Union for Adult Education starts an open-ended sit-in at the headquarters of the Regional Directorate for Adult Education in Sfax to demand the establishment of teachers for adults through the activation of the February 6, 2021 agreement | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 16, 2021 |
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 | |
Security managers and personnel start an open-ended strike in Gabes to denounce a lack of staff, vehicles and logistics | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Gabes | Tunisia | November 17, 2021 |
Teachers in the governorate of Sfax strike to denounce assaults against teachers, delay in the payment of wages and the lack of teachers | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 18, 2021 |
Employees of the Regional Office of Land Property in Beja start an open-ended strike to demand the enforcement of the new legal status of the National Office for Land Property that has been agreed upon in 2019 | 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 | Beja | Tunisia | November 18, 2021 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the governorate headquarters in Kairouan to denounce the delay in issuing licenses for taxi drivers | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 18, 2021 |
Students stage a sit-in outside their school to denounce the assault which occurred yesterday between a teacher and one of their fellow students | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | Procedural action | Kebili | Tunisia | November 19, 2021 |
Unemployed residents of Sbeila lie on the ground to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020 | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Other | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sbeila | Tunisia | November 19, 2021 |
"Yezi Ma Sketna" movement organises a sit-in outside the tax office in Sfax to demand national authorities to preserve the environment and to cancel the decision to reopen Agareb landfill | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 19, 2021 |