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
Titlesort descending Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Date
Violent protests erupt in Sidi Hassine upon the news of death of Ahmed Ben Amara Collective / Informal group Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly Demonstration, Tire burning Support of a cause Repression Sidi Hassine Tunisia June 11, 2021
Women from Ejmil block Tabarka road to demand access to water which has been cut for two years Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Tabarka Tunisia June 24, 2022
Women’s and human rights NGOs, staged a Day of Anger in Kef, to denounce crimes that claimed the lives of some local women, a wife who was burnt to death by her husband, calling for "tougher sentences" to prevent the recurrence of such crimes. CSO Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Support of a cause N/A Kef Tunisia November 6, 2022
Workers at Coca Cola and biscuit manufacturing factories in Ben Arous stage a sit-in outside the governorate headquarters to demand authorities to supply factories with sugar so that they can resume their work Workers group: Other Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Ben Arous Tunisia September 7, 2022
Workers at the ''Siko Frip''factory specialised in second-hand clothes start an open-ended sit-in outside Bizerte governorate to protest obstacles that prevent the factory to resume its work Workers group: Other Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Bizerte Tunisia August 21, 2022
Workers at the Electric Power Production Company in Meknassy continue their sit-in to protest their dismissal after two years of work Workers group: Other Corporate grievances Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Meknassy Tunisia July 30, 2022
Workers at the engineering company TECI stage an open-ended sit-in outside their company's headquarters to demand the payment of their overdue wages Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Tunis Tunisia August 15, 2022
Workers at the Gafsa Phosphate Company stage a sit-in outside the police station in Redeyef to demand to implement the law and break up the sit-ins that have been disrupting the company’s work for two years Workers group: Other Policy grievances Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Redeyef Tunisia August 11, 2022
Workers at the Mdhila 1 factory of the Tunisian Chemical Complex stage a sit-in at the factory’s headquarters to demand an increase in financial grants and the classification of their work as a high-risk profession Workers group: Other Corporate 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 Mdhila Tunisia November 3, 2021
Workers at the Mdhila 1 factory of the Tunisian Chemical Complex strike to demand an increase in financial grants and the classification of their work as a high-risk profession Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services N/A Mdhila Tunisia November 5, 2021

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart