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.

Displaying 171 - 180 of 826
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Locationsort descending Country Date
Leftist and nationalist parties members and civil society activists stage a sit-in outside the Israeli embassy in Amman to commemorate the occupation of Jerusalem Political Party, CSO Regional / Political grievances Sit-in Support of a cause N/A Amman Jordan June 7, 2022
Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company resume their open-ended sit-in and roadblock in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to demand the Phosphate Mines Company to be responsible for their health insurance Workers group: Retirees Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in, Road blockade Demands for rights / Services N/A Amman Jordan June 20, 2022
Journalists and employees at Al Rai newspaper start a sit-in outside Al Rai headquarters in Amman to demand their unpaid wages and protest against the suspension of some of their colleagues Workers group: Other Corporate grievances Sit-in Other N/A Amman Jordan February 8, 2022
Families of students stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Education in Amman to demand a certificate of equivalence of their Turkish high school diploma in Jordan. Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure Bargaining Amman Jordan September 12, 2021
General Union of Electricity Workers stage a sit-in in Amman to demand trade unions elections to be held Workers group: Union / Syndicate Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Amman Jordan September 27, 2021
Dozens of Third Category employees at the Ministry of education hold a protest sit-in in front of the Ministry building to protest the delays in addressing their labor demands 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 March 26, 2019
Engineers working in the public sector inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain an increase of their technical allowance Workers group: Public Sector Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Amman Jordan January 8, 2020
The Public Security Directorate organizes a march to increase public awareness of the drug scourge, through a variety of events in various regions of the Kingdom. Workers group: Security / Military forces Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection March Support of a cause N/A Amman Jordan November 4, 2022
Drivers operating at the Allenby Bridge stage a sit-in at Ministry of Transportations to protest the concurrence of car-pooling apps and unlicensed drivers Workers group: Self-employed, Collective / Informal group Corporatist grievances Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Amman Jordan November 3, 2020
Dozens of employees of the al-Juneidi Food Industries stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor in Amman to protest the dismissal of 24 distributors after their participation to the strike held on April 08, 2021 Workers group: Other Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Sit-in Demands for rights / Services Procedural action Amman Jordan April 9, 2019

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart