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 121 - 130 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozens of workers dismissed from the Lafarge ciment company stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor demanding their reintegration to work | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | November 25, 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives and the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 6, 2018 |
| 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 |
| Protesters march in Amman after Friday prayer to protest against the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 26, 2021 |
| Hundreds of citizens in Amman hold a solidarity march with Palestine, demanding the end of the ongoing Israeli aggessions against Gaza, Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Territories | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 17, 2021 |
| Unemployed youth of Ma'an governorate inaugurates an open-ended sit-in in front of the Royal Hashemite Court demanding job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | February 25, 2019 |
| As their open-ended strike continues, engineers and agronomists working for the Ministry of Education hold a sit-in in front of the ministry building repeating their demand to receive equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | 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 | December 24, 2018 |
| As their open-ended strike enters the second day, municipality workers stage a mass sit-in in front of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to repeat their demands for better labor conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 9, 2018 |