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 501 - 510 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location |
Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Municipal employees in Ma'an stage a sit-in outside the Municipality's Public Services department to demand authorities to resume their monthly bonus payment | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | November 27, 2021 |
| Four detainees that were jailed after they took part in protests against the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water start a hunger strike | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Hunger Strike | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ma'an, Aqaba, Tafileh | Jordan | November 27, 2021 |
| Students in Al Zeitoun university stage a sit-in to condemn the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 28, 2021 |
| Students in the German university stage a sit-in to condemn the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | November 28, 2021 |
| UNRWA employees strike in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand ther labour rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Jordan | November 29, 2021 | |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in al Wihdat neighbourhood in 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 | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 3, 2021 |
| 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 | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 3, 2021 |
| Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them two years and five months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | December 5, 2021 |
| Breeders stage a sit-in outside the Northern Badia Agriculture Directorate to protest against the absence of sheeps' count and the resulting decrease in allocated fodder | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Mafraq | Jordan | December 7, 2021 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in outside the Parliament in Amman to protest against the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water, and to demand the Parliament to revoke the agreement | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 8, 2021 |