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 Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Women and Family Affairs to protest against threats against women rights | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 1, 2022 |
Employees contracted under ''Mechanism 20'' and working in associations, organisations and ministries stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Social Affairs headquarters and start a hunger strike to demand their recruitment as civil servants | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 18, 2022 |
Judges and lawyers stage a sit-in outside the Justice Palace in Tunis in presence of civil society actors as part of their weeklong strike following the president’s dismissal of 57 judges and in support of the judiciary | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 8, 2022 |
Contract teachers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Education in Tunis to demand permanent positions and increase in wages and benefits | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 21, 2022 |
'Citizens against the Coup' continue their sit-in in Habib Bourguiba street against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December 13 | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | December 18, 2021 |
Representatives of social movements stage a sit-in in front of the municipal theatre in Tunis, in protest against the deteriorating economic and social rights in the country. | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 9, 2022 |
A protest was held by civil society organisations denouncing garbage shipment from Italy | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 1, 2021 |
The "National Campaign for the Support of Social Struggles" held a march with the family of martyr Ahmed bin Amara | Campaign | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 12, 2021 |
Dozens of mothers whose children went missing after irregular migration trips across the sea to Italy since 2011 held a protest outside the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Tunis to demand disclosing the fate of their sons. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Support of a cause, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | August 17, 2021 |
Teachers in Al-primary Ghazali's school stage a sit-in due to a parent of a student's assaulting the school's principal. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 26, 2022 |