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 621 - 630 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal employees strike in Bizerte after the suspension of an employee, and the dismissal of another employee | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Bizerte | Tunisia | November 13, 2021 |
| Municipality employees in Kairouan strike after two of their colleagues falled from the second floor of the municipality and died while they were on duty | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kairouan | Tunisia | November 12, 2021 |
| General strike in the education sector to protest against the assault of a teacher in a secondary school in Ben Arous. Teachers and unions demand the issuance of a law criminalising the assault on teaching staff | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Ben Arous | Tunisia | November 12, 2021 |
| Health workers of the hospital in Grombalia stage a sit-in in front of the hospital's administration to demand their rights, including getting financial allowances, being paid on time and enjoying religious holidays | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Grombalia | Tunisia | November 12, 2021 |
| Employees of the National Health Insurance Fund strike to demand a better insurance, work clothes, a unified pension system, and a new job classification system | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 11, 2021 |
| Teachers stage a sit-in in Monastir to demand to pursue the strike to demand authorities to take appropriate measures, including issuing a decree criminalizing assault on teachers. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Monastir | Tunisia | November 10, 2021 |
| General strike in the public and private sectors in the Governorate of Sfax after the death of a protestor during a demonstration against the reopening of El Guenna landfill | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | November 10, 2021 |
| Demonstrators protest in Agareb for the third day in a row over the decision of the Ministry of Environment to reopen the El Guenna landfill | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Agareb | Tunisia | November 10, 2021 |
| Teachers from Ibn Rachik Secondary School in Ben Arous organise a protest to condemn violence against teachers and to denounce the violent educational environment, after a teacher working in the establishment was assaulted by a student. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Ben Arous | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |
| Demonstrators protest in Agareb over the decision of the Ministry of Environment to reopen the El Guenna landfill | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Agareb | Tunisia | November 9, 2021 |