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 471 - 480 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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National Social Security Fund employees in Sfax strike for two days to demand the implementation of a basic law that grants them their rights as workers | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | January 6, 2022 |
Higher education graduates stage a sit-in outside Sfax governorate to call for their right to work | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
Trucks' drivers strike in Sfax to demand an increase in payments to cope with the increase in gasoline prices | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | March 2, 2022 |
Small poultry breeders stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fisheries in Sfax to demand the departure of the presidents of the Federation of Poultry Breeders and of the Regional Union of Agriculture and Fish | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | September 20, 2021 |
Youth stage a sit-in outside Sfax governorate headquarters to demand to be trained and licensed as private taxi drivers | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | January 3, 2022 |
Sidi Ahmad residents prevented the natural gas pipeline project from going on to protest the small amount of compensation and in light of the failure to comply with what was decided six months ago in accordance with legal and judicial procedures | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Civil disobedience | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Ahmad | Tunisia | August 3, 2022 |
The small farmers in Ghraira protest in demand of decreasing the price of the compound feed | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Alwan governorate | Tunisia | February 16, 2021 |
Health workers at the regional hospital in Sidi Bouzid stage a sit-in to denounce the arrest of their colleague | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | March 24, 2022 |
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 |
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 |