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 501 - 510 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 |
| Workers of the municipal slaughterhouse in Siliana strike and stage a sit-in to demand the appointment of a new veterinarian | Workers group: Other | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Siliana | Tunisia | April 12, 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| In observance of January 14, 2011, LTDH, ATFD, and FTDES organized a demonstration outside the SNJT headquarters to recall the demands of the Revolution and denounce any forms of limits on rights and freedoms. | Political Party | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | SNJT headquarters. | Tunisia | January 14, 2023 |
| Soliman residents and Sidi Rais beach sailors protest against Takelsa sanitation station project fearing its negative impact on agricultural lands | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Soliman | Tunisia | August 6, 2022 |
| Parents of primary school students in Soliman's delegation staged a sit-in inside the delegation due to their children's inability to obtain a proper education. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Soliman | Tunisia | November 15, 2022 |
| Taxi drivers stage a sit-in in front of Sousse governorate headquarters to demand authorities to speed up the issuance of licenses | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sousse | Tunisia | September 8, 2022 |