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 |
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On the 11th anniversary of the revolution, ''Citizens against the Coup' stage a sit-in in Habib Bourguiba street against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December 13 | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | December 17, 2021 |
The Free Constitutional Party stage a sit-in for the third day in a row in front of the headquarters of the Union of Muslim Scholars in Tunis to demand its closing | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | December 16, 2021 |
National Statistics Institute employees stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Economy and Planning to demand their labour rights and better working conditions | 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 | Tunis | Tunisia | February 7, 2022 |
Protesters demonstrate outside of Al Fateh mosque in Tunis against the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and more recently on September 22 | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 15, 2021 |
Protesters from different regions of the country marched in Tunis on Saturday under the National Salvation Front's request, denouncing deteriorating social & economic conditions and asking the President to step down. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | March | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | October 15, 2022 |
Residents of the Southern suburbs of Tunis and members of environmental organisations demonstrated through the formation of a human chain along the local beaches to call for ending sewage and industrial discharge into the sea. | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 12, 2021 |
Agents of the National Organization for Driving and Road Safety Training Establishments stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transport to demand the suspension of new clauses for obtaining and handing over driver’s licenses | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 12, 2022 |
Protesters stage a sit-in outside the Embassy of Qatar to demand the release of a Tunisian national | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | March 3, 2022 |
Free Destourian Party activists demonstrate in the Kasbah to demand to obey the Constitution and to dissolve terrorist associations | Political Party | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 20, 2021 |
Workers of the "Ben Bashir" sugar factory stage a sit-in in front of the factory and blocked the roads demanding the payment of their wages. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 8, 2023 |