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 |
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Eligible stage a sit-in in front of the Civil Service Bureau in Amman to demand the possibility for over-48 years old citizens to apply for the position of civil servants | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | February 19, 2020 |
Political activists and party members stage a sit-in outside the Independent Election Commission to demand the release of prisoners of conscience and to condemn attack on civil freedoms | Political Party, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2022 |
The National Committee for the detainees and missing detainees in Israeli prisons organized a sit-in in solidarity with the six Palestinians who managed to escape from an Israeli high-security prison. | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 9, 2021 |
As their open-ended strike continues, engineers and agronomists working for the Ministry of Education hold a sit-in in front of the ministry building repeating their demand to receive equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 24, 2018 |
Lobby drivers stage a sit-in on the Airport road to protest against the measures imposed by General Security on their vehicles | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 23, 2021 |
As their open-ended strike enters the second day, municipality workers stage a mass sit-in in front of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to repeat their demands for better labor conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 9, 2018 |
Members of trade unions stage a sit-in outside the Professional Associations Complex to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Nakba and to denounce the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akhleh | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 15, 2022 |
Minibus drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport in Amman to demand the Ministry to support their sector in light of the recent increase in fuel prices | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | June 12, 2022 |
Dozens of teachers stage a vigil in front of the Ministry of Education to commemorate the first anniversary of the arbitrary shutdown of the Jordanian Teachers' Association by State authorities | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | July 25, 2021 |
Yellow taxi drivers, as well as taxi drivers, gathered in Amman to protest the rise in fuel prices. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | Cooptation | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2022 |