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 101 - 110 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
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Employees of al-Ramtha Silos stage a solidarity strike against the arbitrary dismissal of two colleagues | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ramtha | Jordan | April 1, 2019 |
Unemployed paramedics hold a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Health demanding to be appointed | Workers group: Unemployed, Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 1, 2019 |
Employees of a Chinese company in al-Attarat go on strike to protest the arbitrary dismissal of 24 colleagues | Workers group: Other, Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Attarat | Jordan | April 2, 2019 |
Unemployed PhDs hold a protest sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education in Amman demanding to be appointed in Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | April 4, 2019 |
Members of the local councils of Greater Irbid Municipality stage a protest to denounce the lack of inclusion of local councilors in the governorate decision-making | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Political recognition & inclusion | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Irbid | Jordan | April 8, 2019 |
Dozens of distributors of the al-Juneidi Food Industries stage a strike to protest against the company's unilateral decision to revise the commissions' system, | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ein al-Basha | Jordan | April 8, 2019 |
Teachers protest on a national scale against the new career grid purposed by the Ministry of Education, | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances | Demonstration, Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | April 8, 2019 | |
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 |
Unemployed youth of the Hayy al-Tafaileh (Amman) inaugurates an open-ended sit-in in front of the Royal Hashemite Court in Amman demanding job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 9, 2019 |
Dozens of employees of the al-Juneidi Food Industries stage a sit-in at the company's headquarter in Ein al-Basha to protest the dismissal of 24 distributors after their participation to the protests of April 08, 2021 | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ein al-Basha | Jordan | April 10, 2019 |