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 441 - 450 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Relatives of Mehdi Ben Gharbia stage a sit-in in Bizerte to demand his release | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Bizerte | Tunisia | April 26, 2022 |
Protesters stage a sit-in to denounce the harassment, prosecution and arrest of non-fasters and to demand to open coffees and restaurants during Ramadan | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 26, 2022 |
Parents of students in Kairouan demonstrate to protest a reduced number of places in pilot colleges in the governorate | Clan member | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | April 27, 2022 |
Security forces members stage a sit-in outside the Interior Ministry to denounce unfair promotions in their ranks | Workers group: Security / Military forces | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | April 27, 2022 |
Municipal employees in Korba start an open-ended strike to protest the summoning of four colleagues and the return of a secretary general who will resume her duties | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Korba | Tunisia | April 28, 2022 |
More than 200 refugees and asylum seekers stage a sit-in in front of the seat of the UNHCR Tunis office to demand their evacuation and resettlement in other countries | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 3, 2022 |
Citizens and civil society activists from Nefta stage a symbolic sit-in in front of the Hazoua border crossing to demand the reopening of borders with Algeria | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Nefta | Tunisia | May 3, 2022 |
Parents of students stage a sit-in outside a primary school in Chebika to demand stakeholders to take legal action against a teacher who harassed a student | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Chebika | Tunisia | May 4, 2022 |
Contract workers in Sfax stage a sit-in to demand the payment of unpaid wages and long-term contracts | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | May 4, 2022 |
Family members of a member of the civil protection who died during an intervention join a sit-in outside Monastir governorate headquarters to demand the President of the Republic to intervene to investigate the circumstances of his death | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Monastir | Tunisia | May 5, 2022 |