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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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 |