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 teachers stage a protest in front of Marka Education Directorate against the decision of the Director of Education to transfer five teachers for their labor activism | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 25, 2019 |
| Hundreds of teachers hold a demonstration in front of the Jerash Education and Teaching directorate to reiterate their demands for salary raises and sustain the legitimacy of their protest | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | September 30, 2019 |
| Students and residents of Amman's Tafilah neighborhood stage a night march in solidarity with the teachers' struggle | Collective / Informal group, Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 2, 2019 |
| Young unemployed engineers stage a sit-in in front of the Professional Syndicate Complex in Amman to protest against the fee and training policies pursued by the Order of Engineers | Workers group: Unemployed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 3, 2019 |
| Hundreds of teachers stage a protest in front of the Professional Associations Complex in Amman to reiterate their demands for greater labor rights and benefits | 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...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 3, 2019 |
| Unemployed youth in Dhiban inaugurate an open-ended sit-in to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Dhiban | Jordan | October 8, 2019 |
| Workers of the Qatrana Ciment Company inaugurate an open-ended hunger strike against the company's repeated violations of labour rights | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | al-Qatranah | Jordan | October 13, 2019 |
| Drivers working at the Ministry of Education inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand overarching improvements of their labour condition | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | National | Jordan | October 18, 2019 |
| Unemployed youth in Dhiban stage a sit-in in Malih demanding job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Malih | Jordan | October 22, 2019 |
| Third category employees at the Ministry of Education stage a sit-in to ask overarching improvements of their labour conditions | 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 | October 27, 2019 |