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 491 - 500 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parents of the students of Al-Mansaf Elementary Mixed School in Dhiban stage a sit-in to protest against the delays in opening a tender for the new building of the school, being the old one in critical structural conditions | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | September 9, 2018 |
| Dozens of employees of the al-Juneidi Food Industries stage a sit-in at the company's headquarter in Ein al-Basha to protest the dismissal of 24 distributors after their participation to the protests of April 08, 2021 | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ein al-Basha | Jordan | April 10, 2019 |
| Dozens of distributors of the al-Juneidi Food Industries stage a strike to protest against the company's unilateral decision to revise the commissions' system, | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ein al-Basha | Jordan | April 8, 2019 |
| Jordanian-Indian Fertilizer Company daily workers stage a sit-in at the mine plant in Eshidiyah demanding a permanent contract | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Eshidiyah | Jordan | January 23, 2019 |
| Young unemployed start an open-ended sit-in outside the Province Building in Faqqu' to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Faqqu' | Jordan | April 13, 2022 |
| Fuheis inhabitants stage a sit-in to demand Lafarge Jordan Cement Company to rehabilitate the lands on which the factory is located as part of the insolvency process | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Fuheis | Jordan | October 9, 2021 |
| Truck drivers working for European Container Transport Company stage a sit-in in front of the Jordanian Bromine Company (Gawr al-Safi) to protest the latter’s decision to outsource the transport services to another provider | 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 | Gawr al-Safi | Jordan | February 20, 2020 |
| Workers stage a sit-in outside the headquarters of the Arab Potash Company to demand their unpaid salaries | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Gawr as-Safi | Jordan | January 16, 2022 |
| Farmers from the Southern Aghwar area stage a sit-in in Ghor al Haditha to protest irrigation water shortages | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ghor al Haditha | Jordan | September 4, 2022 |
| Teachers, students and parents of students at a school in Hasa start an open-ended sit-in to protest the Phosphate Mines Company's decision to reduce its financial support to the school | Workers group: School teachers / University professors, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Hasa | Jordan | September 2, 2022 |