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 |
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Truck drivers and owners stage a sit-in in front of the Jordanian General Syndicate of Truck Owners to protest against the decision of Saudi Arabia to prevent the border crossing to trucks older than 20 years, demanding a state intervention | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 7, 2021 |
Workers employed in the school construction projects implemented by the Tafilah Governorate stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | June 7, 2021 |
Dozens of fishermen of the Aqaba region stage a boat protest against the government decision to extend the fishing moratorium for another two months | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | June 9, 2021 |
Travel drivers operating in Saudi Arabia stage a sit-in in front of the Transportation Regulatory Authority demanding to obtain the travel visa to restart working in the country | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 15, 2021 |
Employees of al-Mimari Company for Doors and Windows stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarter to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | June 19, 2021 |
Hundreds of unemployed from the Al-Jafr area inaugurate an open-ended sit-in to demand employment in the local phosphate mines | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Jafr | Jordan | June 20, 2021 |
Al-Jazeera Football Club players refrain from training to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 20, 2021 |
Pro-Palestinian activists stage a sit-in in front of the Palestinian embassy in Amman to protest against the assassination of the anti-PNA activist Nizar Banat | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 25, 2021 |
The Jordanian Teachers' Association organizes a nationwide solidarity march with the union in defiance of the wave of preemptive arrests | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Jordan | June 30, 2021 | |
The committee of the families of Jordanian detainees in Saudi Arabia hold a sit-in in front of the Saudi embassy in Amman to demand their release | CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 4, 2021 |