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 citizens hold a protest sit-in near the American Embassy in Amman 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 | Amman | Jordan | February 7, 2020 |
| Service lines in Amman, announced a strike, in protest against the increase in fuel prices. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 13, 2022 |
| Public transportation owners stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to demand the resignation of the Ministry of Transportation, his secretary-general, and the Director of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | August 17, 2022 |
| For the third week in a row, protesters demonstrate in downtown Amman after the Friday prayer to protest against the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | March | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 10, 2021 |
| Teachers start an open-ended sit-in inside the Ministry of Education in Amman to demand a resolution to the issue of teachers referred to early retirement or suspended from work and to demand the reinstatement of the dissolved Teachers Syndicate | 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 | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | February 8, 2022 |
| Truck drivers and owners hold a protest stand at the airport road against the decision of Saudi Arabia to prevent the border crossing to trucks older than 20 years | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 26, 2021 |
| Sit-in in Amman in solidarity with Palestinian in Israeli prisons | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2021 |
| Dozens of freshly-appointed new drivers at the Greater Amman Municipality inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest the sudden decision of the Prime Minister to revoke the measure | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 16, 2019 |
| Employees of the Royal Academy for the Blind stage a protest to demand better anti-Covid protocols on the workplace | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 29, 2021 |
| Thousands of teachers hold several protest stands in different points of Amman to demand 50% salary raise | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Amman | Jordan | September 5, 2019 |