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 321 - 330 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paramedical contract workers stage a sit-in outside the regional health administration in Siliana to demand long-term job opportunities | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | December 3, 2021 |
| UGGT members march in Siliana in support of the general strike in the public sector | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | June 16, 2022 |
| Employees of the Regional Delegation for Culture in Siliana, people working in the culture sector and civil society activists stage a sit-in outside the Governorate building to protest the dismissal of the head of the regional delegation for culture | Workers group: Public Sector, CSO, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | February 9, 2022 |
| Agricultural workers and residents of the Al-Qassab area stage a sit-in outside the Court of First Instance in Siliana after they were summoned by the judiciary in relation with the Al-Masir file | Workers group: Agriculture workers, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | February 17, 2022 |
| Residents of Siliana roadblock to protest against freshwater cuts | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | November 15, 2021 |
| Residents of Sidi Mechreg delegation stage a sit-in on the Zayatin Dam road to protest drinking water shortage | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Sidi Mechreg | Tunisia | September 6, 2022 |
| The family of martyr Ahmed bin Amara held a march calling for justice and denouncing police abuse | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Sidi Hassine | Tunisia | June 15, 2021 |
| Violent protests erupt in Sidi Hassine neighborhood upon the news of Ahmed Ben Amara's death at the Sidi Hassine police station. | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration, Tire burning | Support of a cause | Repression | Sidi Hassine | Tunisia | June 10, 2021 |
| Violent protests erupt in Sidi Hassine upon the news of death of Ahmed Ben Amara | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration, Tire burning | Support of a cause | Repression | Sidi Hassine | Tunisia | June 11, 2021 |
| Confrontations between Sidi Hassine neighborhood residents and police amidst anger at Ahmed Ben Ammar’s death | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Civil disobedience | Support of a cause | Repression | Sidi Hassine | Tunisia | June 8, 2021 |