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 demonstrate in Jilma after a young man was killed by a customs guard | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | Repression | Jilma | Tunisia | September 8, 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 |
| Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund in Kairouan demonstrate in support of their colleagues at the National Health Insurance Fund headquarters and add their voices to their request for better work conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
| Farmers from Bouhajla stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the governorate of Kairouan to protest against the increase in feed barley prices | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | May 6, 2022 |
| Representatives of the General Union of Tunisian Students stage an open sit-in at the Higher Institute of Political Sciences in opposition to depriving some students of their access to university housing. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | October 21, 2022 |
| 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 |
| National Social Security Fund, National Pension and Social Welfare Fund and National Health Insurance Fund employees in Kairouan stage a sit-in outside the Governorate headquarter and start an open-ended strike to demand their labour rights | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
| Athletes, kids and teenagers demonstrate outside an indoor gymnasium in Kairouan to protest the decision to use this gymnasium for the July 25 referendum | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | June 11, 2022 |
| Protesters block the Kairouan-Shabikah road over drinking water cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | July 18, 2022 |
| Family members of a victim of a traffic accident block the Kairouan - Hajeb El Ayoun road to protest the regular fatal traffic accidents that happen on this road | Clan member | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Other | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 2, 2022 |