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 651 - 660 of 824
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstration in front of the First Instance Court of Nabeul in light of the first hearing of MP Zouheir Makhlouf to demand to speed up the trial and in support with the girl who filed the sexual harassment case against him | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Solidarity with minorities (sexual; ethnic; migrants...) | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Employees in the private sector in Sfax governorate march from the Tunisian General Labor Union to the Governorate building and carry out a general strike to demand an increase in wages | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March, Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Sfax | Tunisia | October 28, 2021 |
| Teachers in a middle school in Gafsa stage a sit-in to protest against the assault on a schoolteacher by the guardian of one of the students and demand to prosecute the aggressor | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Gafsa | Tunisia | October 26, 2021 |
| Protesters demonstrate outside Tunis 1 court of first instance in support of journalist Arroi Baraket who was assaulted by police last month but then charged with violence against the police | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 22, 2021 |
| Teachers in a primary school in Djerba start an open-ended strike to protest against an ongoing investigation of schoolgirls harassment by the school principal | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Djerba | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
| Retired contract workers stage a sit-in in front of Beja governorate headquarters to recover the money owed to them | Workers group: Retirees | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
| Employees of the Environment, Plantation and Gardening company in Kebili march from the regional Tunisian Labor Union building to the governorate building to demand the payment of their unpaid wages for the month of September | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Kebili | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
| Employees of El Kawafel company in Sidi Bouzid start a two-day strike to demand a raise in the number of buses and the return of some inter-regional lines | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Sidi Bouzid | Tunisia | October 21, 2021 |
| Teachers in a primary school in Beja stage a sit-in to protest against the verbal assault of a teacher by the parent of a pupil | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Beja | Tunisia | October 20, 2021 |
| Families of missing migrants who disappeared while trying to emigrate stage a sit-in outside Mahdia Governorate headquarters to demand authorities to intensify their search operation after a boat carrying migrants sank | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Mahdia | Tunisia | October 20, 2021 |