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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Students who were studying in Ukraine stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Higher Education to demand to resume their studies in Jordanian universities at the stage where they were interrupted in Ukraine, and to demand a decrease in tuition fees | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | August 25, 2022 |
| Phosphate Company retirees renewed their sit-in in front of the administration building demanding the resolution of the health insurance issue. | Workers group: Retirees | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 7, 2022 |
| Political parties and activists organise a sit-in in Amman in solidarity with Palestine, demanding the end of the ongoing Israeli aggressions against Gaza, Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Territories | Collective / Informal group, Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 15, 2021 |
| A coalition of engineers stage a protest sit-in against the new regulations on buildings of the Greater Amman Municipality | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 23, 2019 |
| Drivers working for the Ministry of Health inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | 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 | Amman | Jordan | December 18, 2018 |
| Small poultry farmers stage a sit-in in Amman to demand greater state protection against the concurrence of larger farms | Workers group: Self-employed, Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | October 8, 2018 |
| Jeeny drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the company's decision to reduce tariffs for riders | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 14, 2021 |
| Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to protest against the deterioration of their health insurance | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | October 21, 2021 |
| Demonstrators stage a sit-in outside the United Nations headquarters in Amman to denounce the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akhleh | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 17, 2022 |