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 131 - 140 of 826
Title Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Datesort ascending
Around 100 retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a sit-in in front of Parliament in Amman to demand the Phosphate Mines Company to be responsible for their health insurance. They address their demands to members of parliament after the comp Workers group: Retirees Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Demands for rights / Services Repression Amman Jordan July 26, 2022
Unemployed and their relatives march from the governorate building to the city center in Tafilah to demand job opportunities and the release of one of the unemployed who has been detained since July 25 Workers group: Unemployed, Clan member Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection March Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services N/A Tafilah Jordan July 26, 2022
Apartment owners stage a sit-in outside the Jordan Islamic Bank to protest against the auctioning of their appartments Affected group (inc. NIMBY) Corporate grievances Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Amman Jordan July 26, 2022
One unemployed from Tafilah marches towards the Social Development Directorate in Amman to demand job opportunities and is arrested by security forces Workers group: Unemployed Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection March Demands for rights / Services Repression Tafilah Jordan July 25, 2022
International routes drivers stage a sit-in outside the Land Transport Regulatory Commission to demand regulatory measures that would improve their working conditions 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 July 20, 2022
Protesters stage a sit-in outside Aqaba Court House to contest the conclusions of the investigaton into the explosion of the container of chlorine gas in Aqaba port on June 27 Collective / Informal group Corruption and/ or lack of accountability Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Aqaba Jordan July 17, 2022
Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to demand the Phosphate Mines Company to be responsible for their health insurance and after the company failed to address their demands Workers group: Retirees Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Demands for rights / Services Repression Amman Jordan July 17, 2022
Protesters stage a sit-in in Ma'an to protest against the privatisation of Ma'an water company and its fusion with Aqaba water company, and to denounce the arrests of activists of centres that teach the Quran Collective / Informal group Policy grievances Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Ma'an Jordan July 15, 2022
Minibus drivers start an open-ended strike after the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority refused to grant them licenses to operate routes inside Aqaba SEZ Workers group: Self-employed Corporatist grievances Strike / Strike announcement Protest of a policy / Governmental measure Bargaining Aqaba Jordan July 15, 2022
Two unemployed from Tafilah march towards the Royal Hashemite Court to demand job opportunities and are arrested by security forces Workers group: Unemployed Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection March Demands for rights / Services Repression Tafilah Jordan July 12, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart