Mapping of Collective Actions in Jordan
Publication Date: 2019
The mapping of collective actions in Jordan 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: September 1st, 2019 - till present.
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| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hundreds of teachers hold a demonstration in front of the Jerash Education and Teaching directorate to reiterate their demands for salary raises and sustain the legitimacy of their protest | 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 | Jerash | Jordan | September 30, 2019 |
| Teachers stage a sit-in outside the Jerash Directorate of Education to protest the transfer of 6 colleagues to faraway schools | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Jerash | Jordan | September 20, 2022 |
| Citizens in Jerash hold a demonstration in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | February 9, 2021 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Jerash rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | January 29, 2020 |
| Bus drivers for public transportation joined the national strike that truck drivers had called to protest the rise in fuel prices, particularly diesel. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 7, 2022 |
| Workers in one of the companies supporting the Jordanian Electricity Company staged a sit-in in front of the House of Representatives, to demand justice, after a sudden wave of termination of services that affected several workers. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | October 27, 2022 |
| The University of Jordan student forces stage a demonstration against the occupation security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, storming into the hallowed Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the settlers' rising invasions. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | January 10, 2023 |
| The head of the Independent Syndicate of Public Drivers, Muhammad Walid Al-Zeer, confirmed that taxi and service car drivers have joined the strike, which covers the transport and freight sectors. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 8, 2022 |
| Workers of an electricity company supporting the Jordania electric power company stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor, to protest discrimination against them in wages and privileges, and their exclusion from the affiliation with the General Un | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Jordan | Jordan | October 25, 2022 |
| Popular and Partisan activities organized a march in front of the Husseini Mosque in the downtown area of the capital, Amman, in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | October 14, 2022 |