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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demonstrators blocking roads, setting fire to rubber wheels and demanding a speedy search for those missing in irregular migration activities. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Welayat monastir | Tunisia | October 19, 2022 |
| Teachers in continuous protest movements in light of the failure of negotiations between the Ministry of Education and the association of Basic Education for better employment contracts. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Cooptation | Tunis | Tunisia | October 18, 2022 |
| A general strike was held Tuesday in Zarzis city, on the call of the locals, and families of missing people, asking for truth and accountability in the burial of missing migrants in the local foreigners' cemetery without identification. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarzis | Tunisia | October 18, 2022 |
| The Labor Party stages a sit-in to denounce violations of national sovereignty, including the rising prices. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Nabeul | Tunisia | October 16, 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 |
| Students stage a sit-in in front of the presidential palace. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Carthage Palace. | Tunisia | October 15, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| The General Union of Media and the National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists stage a sit-in in Casbah to protest the forced closure of media companies | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Casbah | Tunisia | October 13, 2022 |
| Baccalaureate students protest against the lack of professors required for the basic courses. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Waslatiyah | Tunisia | October 12, 2022 |