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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Families of students at the Jabal Al-Manara Quranic Centre stage a sit-in outside the centre to protest the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Places's decision to close the centre | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 10, 2022 |
| Unemployed from Dhiban stage a sit-in outside the local government's building to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | July 3, 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 | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 3, 2022 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in Ma'an to demand the resignation of the current government, to denounce governmental economic policies and to protest against the privatisation of Ma'an water company and its fusion with Aqaba water company | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | July 1, 2022 |
| Aqaba port workers start an open-ended strike to demand better safety standards at their workplace | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | June 29, 2022 |
| Security forces prevent Aqaba port workers from staging a sit-in in solidarity with their colleagues who died in their workplace after a container of chlorine gas blew up on June 27 | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | Repression | Aqaba | Jordan | June 29, 2022 |
| Taxi drivers, shared taxi drivers and bus and minibus drivers hold a one-day strike nationwide to protest the increase in fuel prices | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | June 28, 2022 | |
| Defaulting borrowers of the Development and Employment Fund stage a sit-in near the Prime Ministry to demand measures that would facilitate the payment of their debts | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 27, 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 Parliament Speaker failed to keep his promise | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 27, 2022 |
| Landowners in Al-Taybeh stage a sit-in to demand the intervention of authorities to put an end to regular encroachments on their lands | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Taybeh | Jordan | June 25, 2022 |