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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Teachers of the Tafilah governorate stage a sit-in in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | March 1, 2021 |
Unemployed start an open-ended sit-in in Tafilah outside the Governorate building to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | February 7, 2022 |
Unemployed engineers of the Tafilah governorate stage a protest demanding to be included in the public works and training programs carried out in the governorate | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | November 26, 2018 |
Workers, contractors, and owners of machineries of the "Wind Energy" complex in Tafilah stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | July 7, 2021 |
Employees of the Tafilah Agricultural Directorate go on strike to demand overarching improvements of their labor conditions | 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 | Tafilah | Jordan | November 3, 2019 |
Unemployed graduates stage a sit-in on the roof of the Tafilah Development Directorate building to demand their appointment to a newly established centre | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression, Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | February 23, 2022 |
Thousands of teachers of Tafilah governorate commemorate the loss of the head of the Teachers' Syndicate, reiterate their demands for salary raises and demand the government to apologize for the repression of a teachers' sit-in in Amman | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Support to political leader / Public figure, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | September 22, 2019 |
Dozens of unemployed from the Tafilah governorate inaugurate a protest march towards Amman to demand job opportunities. | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | February 10, 2019 |
Unemployed engineers of the Tafilah governorate stage a sit-in demanding employment and training opportunities in the infrastructural projects carried out in the area | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | December 2, 2018 |
Workers employed in the school construction projects implemented by the Tafilah Governorate stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | June 7, 2021 |