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.

Displaying 241 - 250 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort descending Country Date
Protesters demonstrate in Kairouan governorate over an investor project to dig a sandpit that will harm agricultural production Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services Demonstration Demands for rights / Services Repression Kairouan Tunisia December 2, 2021
Qasr al Hadid residents block the Siliana-Kairouan road through to protest recurring water cuts in the region Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia May 30, 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
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
Parents of students who successfully passed elementary school exams but are not accepted into a middle school due to an administrative decision stage a sit-in outside Kairouan governorate building Clan member Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Kairouan Tunisia July 14, 2022
Lawyers in Kairouan governorate strike and stage a sit-in in the Court of First Instance in Kairouan. They demand more protection and more staff Workers group: Other Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia February 17, 2022
Medical and paramedical employees at Aghlabid Hospital in Kairouan stage a sit-in to protest the lack of staff and equipment in the surgical unit Workers group: Healthcare workers Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia June 15, 2022
Teachers protesting in front of the state headquarters and hold sit-in inside the ministry of education to demand better working conditions. Workers group: School teachers / University professors Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights March Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Kairouan Tunisia October 10, 2022
Protesters demonstrate in the market in Kairouan to demand the provision of oil, flour and semolina and the intervention of local authorities Collective / Informal group Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Demonstration Demands for rights / Services N/A Kairouan Tunisia April 3, 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

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart