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 |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattle breeders block the Jendouba - Bou Salem road to protest against the increase in feed barley prices | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jendouba, Bou Salem | Tunisia | May 9, 2022 |
| Protests broke out in Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods for the second day in a row regarding the death of a young man who fell into a trench trying to escape a security patrol in the area. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods. | Tunisia | October 15, 2022 |
| Protests broke out in Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods regarding the death of a young man who fell into a trench trying to escape a security patrol in the area. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Ettadhamen and Intilaka Neighborhoods. | Tunisia | October 14, 2022 |
| Employees who work for 9 companies that collect, transport and treat hazardous medical waste strike to demand their dues to the Health ministry | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tunisia | July 15, 2022 | |
| Municipal agents start a 2-day strike nationwide to demand better working conditions | 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 | Tunisia | February 21, 2022 | |
| 56 detainees in Tunisian jails hunger strike to demand their release | Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunisia | November 17, 2021 | |
| Supporters of ''Citizens against the Coup'', members of Parliament and opposition activists start a hunger-strike at the Movement Party headquarters to protest the measures taken by President Saied on July 25 and on September 22, and extended on December | Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tunisia | December 23, 2021 | |
| The basic union of aircraft technicians holds a strike after the failure of the conciliation meeting between the Ministry of Transport and the union | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Tunisia | September 9, 2022 | |
| Security forces members in Tunisia wear red armbands for three days to demand the payment of their dues | Workers group: Security / Military forces | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Other | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tunisia | February 12, 2022 | |
| Municipal workers strike nationwide to demand better working conditions | 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 | Tunisia | March 23, 2022 |