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 281 - 290 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young men lit tires on fire and blocked roads in the city of Tebourba, a mumber of arrests followed | Collective / Informal group | Other | Tire burning | Other | Procedural action | Tebourba | Tunisia | October 22, 2022 |
| A demonstration was held in Tatatouine calling for state investment and employment | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in, Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression, Bargaining | Tataouine | Tunisia | June 21, 2020 |
| Rural taxi drivers strike in Tataouine governorate to protest against bad road conditions | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | January 27, 2022 |
| National Health Insurance Fund employees in Tataouine start an open-ended strike to demand the enforcement of a law that would ensure their labour rights | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | Tataouine | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 |
| Relatives of a man who died while he was in detention and civil society activists stage a sit-in in Tataouine to demand the Ministry of Justice to open an investigation into the circumstances of the death | Clan member | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | September 4, 2022 |
| Employees of the Italian-Tunisian company Petroleum Development in Tataouine stage a sit-in outside the UGTT headquarters to demand the regularisation of their situation | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | April 4, 2022 |
| Five employees of a catering company in Tataouine enter their third day of hunger strike to demand job continuity and the payment of their dues | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tataouine | Tunisia | November 28, 2021 |
| Security forces members start an open-ended sit-in in Tataouine at the national security headquarters to protest against the authorities' inability to bring them closer to their hometown during summer | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | August 2, 2022 |
| Teachers and school employees in Tataouine continue their open-ended sit-in inside the Regional Delegation for Education headquarters to demand the disbursement of ''back to school'' financial grants for their children | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | September 20, 2021 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in Tataouine to demand the implementation of the El Kamour Agreements that were concluded a year ago and include important fundings for social development and economic activities in the area | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tataouine | Tunisia | November 8, 2021 |