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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed in Tunis demonstrate at the Conference Palace in Tunis 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 | Tunis | Tunisia | December 12, 2021 |
| Unemployed end the 23-day-long sit-in in the governorate building in Kasserine they started to protest against the decision of President Saied to cancel Law No. 38 of 2020. | Workers group: Unemployed | Policy grievances | Sit-in, Building blockade / Occupation | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Kasserine | Tunisia | December 11, 2021 |
| Elementary school teachers in Menzel Bouzelfa stage a sit-in in solidarity with their colleague who was assaulted by a student and who received death threats | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Menzel Bouzelfa | Tunisia | December 11, 2021 |
| Office of Topography and Cadastre employees in Beja stage a sit-in to demand their labour rights | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | December 10, 2021 |
| Limaya residents block the Sidi Bouzid - Sfax road to protest against a landfill project | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Limaya | Tunisia | December 10, 2021 |
| Dozens of women supporting gender equality movements take part in a "Gender Dynamic" march from Ibn Khaldun Square to Habib Bourguiba Avenue to protest against violence to women in society | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Gender equality and inclusion | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | December 10, 2021 |
| Sailors stage a sit-in in Sfax harbour to denounce the inability of the State to address the demands of the fishing sector and to implement the agreements signed between the Ministry and the Tunisian Union of Agriculture and Fishing. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | December 9, 2021 |
| Municipal cleaning workers start an open-ended strike in Kasserine to demand their labour rights and the settlement of their status | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Kasserine | Tunisia | December 9, 2021 |
| Football players in a club in Beja enter their eighth day of strike to demand their unpaid dues | Other | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | December 8, 2021 |
| The Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in outside the regional agency for the disposal of waste in solidarity with Sfax residents to condemn deteriorating environmental conditions | Political Party | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | December 4, 2021 |