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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A group of citizens protests in Amman to demand the release of Colonel Moustafa al-Anizat and all the detainees arrested in the security operation against Prince Hamza bin Hussein | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 10, 2021 |
| "Yellow Taxi" drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation (Amman) to protest the lack of state responses against their demand of protection from the concurrence of car-booking apps | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 3, 2019 |
| Third category employees at the Ministry of Education stage a sit-in to ask overarching improvements of their labour conditions | 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 27, 2019 |
| Activists stage a sit-in outside Marka prison to demand to release detainees who have been jailed because they expressed their political opinion | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 31, 2021 |
| Dozens of employees of the Ministry of Communication stage a sit-in to protest against the abolition of housing bonuses and salary reductions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 21, 2019 |
| Political activists and party members stage a sit-in outside the Independent Election Commission to demand the release of prisoners of conscience and to condemn attack on civil freedoms | Political Party, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2022 |
| Engineers working in the public sector hold a sit-in at the Ministry of Infrastructure to ask for an increase of their technical allowance | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 7, 2020 |
| Members of trade unions stage a sit-in outside the Professional Associations Complex to commemorate the 74th anniversary of the Nakba and to denounce the murder of journalist Shireen Abu Akhleh | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 15, 2022 |
| Minibus drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transport in Amman to demand the Ministry to support their sector in light of the recent increase in fuel prices | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | June 12, 2022 |
| 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 |