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 91 - 100 of 824
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort descending Country Date
Temporary teachers who are not included in the May 8th agreement stage a sit-in outside the Regional Commission for Education in Beja Workers group: School teachers / University professors Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Beja Tunisia December 29, 2021
Sunflower seed producers protest in Beja over falling production and the importation of sunflower seeds, and demand government intervention to control selling prices and to ensure that selling prices cover production costs Workers group: Agriculture workers Policy grievances Demonstration Demands for rights / Services N/A Beja Tunisia August 2, 2022
Medical staff in Beja hospital staged a sit-in due to the absence of medicine and the malfunction of the elevator for more than 5 years. Workers group: Healthcare workers Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Beja Tunisia October 20, 2022
Retired contract workers stage a sit-in in front of Beja governorate headquarters to recover the money owed to them Workers group: Retirees Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Beja Tunisia October 21, 2021
Theater teacher, Khoubaib Ayari Koubaib Ayari, protested in front of the governorate headquarters denouncing the deteriorating general situation in Beja on all fronts Workers group: Other Policy grievances Demonstration Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Beja Tunisia July 6, 2021
General strike in the education sector to protest against the assault of a teacher in a secondary school in Ben Arous. Teachers and unions demand the issuance of a law criminalising the assault on teaching staff Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Demonstration, Strike / Strike announcement Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Ben Arous Tunisia November 12, 2021
Protesters demonstrated in front of the First Instance Court of Ben Arous calling for the release of all those arrested in the recent protest demonstrations Collective / Informal group, CSO Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly Demonstration Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Ben Arous Tunisia January 28, 2021
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
Teachers from Ibn Rachik Secondary School in Ben Arous organise a protest to condemn violence against teachers and to denounce the violent educational environment, after a teacher working in the establishment was assaulted by a student. Workers group: School teachers / University professors Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Demonstration Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Ben Arous Tunisia November 9, 2021
Workers in factories which need sugar as a raw material stage a sit-in outside Ben Arous governorate headquarters on call of the trade union branch for Food Industries, Tourism, Trade and Handicrafts to protest sugar shortage Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Ben Arous Tunisia August 26, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart