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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Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a two-day-long sit-in in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to protest against the deterioration of their health insurance | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | May 16, 2022 |
The Coordination of Doctors employed at the Ministry of Health stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Jordanian Professional Associations Complex to protest against the lack of attention by the Doctors' Union towards their demands | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | January 20, 2020 |
Cleaning workers at Al-Bashir Hospital in Amman stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their salaries for the month of march | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 7, 2022 |
Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives, the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions and corruption | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2018 |
Owners of nurseries and working mothers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Social Development protest against the Covid-related closures of nurseries | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 21, 2020 |
Citizens and party members stage a sit-in outside the Professional Associations Complex in Amman to denounce increases in prices, the most recent being an increase in fuel prices | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 5, 2022 |
Workers of Lafarge Cement Company inaugurate an open-ended sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor to protest against the company's decision to dismiss 200 workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | November 4, 2019 |
After Friday prayer, hundreds of citizens rally in downtown Amman in rejection of Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 14, 2020 |
Dozens of unemployed in closed professions stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor to protest against the hiring of foreign workers by private companies, demanding state protective measures | Workers group: Unemployed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 4, 2018 |
National Centre for Human Rights employees stage a sit-in outside the Centre headquarters in Amman and start an open-ended partial strike to protest against recent appointments that violate internal regulations | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Other | N/A | Amman | Jordan | August 17, 2022 |