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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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 |
Contract teachers start an open-ended sit-in in front of the headquarters of the regional delegation of Education in Sidi Bouzid to protest the delay in the payment of their salaries. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | May 16, 2022 |
Demonstrators stage a sit-in outside the Sidi Bouzid governorate to demand to return the money and luxury cars that the customs office has seized to their owner | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | August 23, 2021 |
Education sector-wide strike in protest of the deteriorating education system, due to the deportation of numerous students, and the neglect of academic issues by the Minister of Education. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | October 27, 2022 |
Employees of El Kawafel company in Sidi Bouzid start a two-day strike to demand a raise in the number of buses and the return of some inter-regional lines | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
Road blocked by drivers of tractors transporting construction materials and the intervention of security forces using tear gases. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | October 10, 2022 |
On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, unemployed demonstrate in Sidi Bouzid to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020. | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | December 17, 2021 |
Internal Security Forces members stage a sit-in outside the Regional Headquarters of the National Guard in Sidi Bouzid to denounce the attacks and assaults that targeted security forces agents during the manifestations in Tunis | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Security / Military forces | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | February 1, 2021 |
Employees at the Office régional des terres domaniales stage a sit-in at their headquarters in Sidi Bouzid to protest recent administrative decisions | Workers group: Public Sector | Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | August 22, 2022 |