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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Contract workers stage sit-ins at the Kasbah and outside the Ministry of Social Affairs to demand their labour rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 20, 2021 |
Lawyers stage demonstrate in front of the Justice Palace in Tunis in solidarity with the Palestinian people | Workers group: Other | Regional / Political grievances | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 18, 2021 | |
Employees of the National Office of Radio and Television Broadcasting strike to demand the implementation of the December 22, 2020 agreement related to the increase in the individual allowances | 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...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
"Citizens against Coup" organise a march towards Parliament to demand return to constitutional order, cancellation of exceptional measures taken by the President, release of "political prisoners" and to denounce difficult living conditions and shortage of | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | March 20, 2022 |
Retirees carried out a sit-in in the capital demanding an improvement in their social conditions and the payment of all their remaining dues. | Workers group: Retirees | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 12, 2023 |
A mass demonstration was held in Tunis on the initiative of the Tunisian General Union of Labour to denounce the violations committed by the Zionist entity in the Gaza Strip | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 19, 2021 |
Parents of students stage a sit-in front of the school of their children in Tunis to denounce the exacerbation of violence and to demand to secure the area, one day after the assault of a schoolgirl | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 25, 2021 |
Feminists organised a protest in front of the Election Commission demanding the withdrawal of Decree No. 55 | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 7, 2022 |
Supporters of the People's Movement stage a sit-in in front of the Municipal Theater in Tunis in support of the 25 July Referendum | Political Party | Other | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 16, 2022 |
Taxi drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport to protest the increase in fuel prices and car parts prices | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 14, 2022 |