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 791 - 800 of 824
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
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Country | Date |
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Ennahda supporters stage a sit-in outside the Judicial Pole for the fight against terrorism in Tunis in solidarity with Ghannouchi who has been summoned to the Judicial Counter-Terrorism Division over suspected money laundering and terror financing. | Political Party | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | July 19, 2022 |
Teachers in Al-primary Ghazali's school stage a sit-in due to a parent of a student's assaulting the school's principal. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | November 26, 2022 |
A demonstration was held by several civil society organisations and labour unions in central Tunis to commemorate the anniversary of the 2013 killing of a prominent activist and to denounce police abuses | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | Repression | Tunis | Tunisia | February 6, 2021 |
The "Coordination of Joint Action for Palestine" organised a rally protest to demand the enaction of law which criminalizes normalisation with the Zionist enemy | Campaign | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 15, 2021 |
Diplomatic corps union organises a strike at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to demand improvements of the inner working of their administration | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | February 19, 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 |
A demonstration was held by mothers of arrestees denouncing the arbitrary arrests by authorities of their children, including many minors | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | January 22, 2021 |
A mass demonstration was held in Tunis on the initiative of the Tunisian General Union of Labour to denounce the violations committed by the Zionist entity in the Gaza Strip | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | May 19, 2021 |
Parents of students stage a sit-in front of the school of their children in Tunis to denounce the exacerbation of violence and to demand to secure the area, one day after the assault of a schoolgirl | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | September 25, 2021 |
Intern doctors in the emergency unit at Rabta hospital in Tunis start an open-ended strike to protest the absence of security guards to ensure public safety at the hospital | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunis | Tunisia | June 2, 2022 |