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 731 - 740 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordanian farmers hold a sit-in in Amman to protest against the difficulties of the sector | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | July 14, 2019 |
| Unemployed PhDs hold a protest sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education in Amman demanding to be appointed in Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | April 4, 2019 |
| Dozens of drivers and owners of buses transporting private school students stage a protest sit-in n front of the Ministry of Transportations against the Cabinet's decision to grant tax exemptions in exchange for the replacement of old vehicles with brand | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 3, 2019 |
| Youth activists hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives, the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions, and the purposed amendments to the Cybercrime Law | 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 | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 30, 2018 |
| Retirees of the Social Security stage a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest against the new amendments to the Social Sevurity Law | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Retirees | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 2, 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 |
| Nurses stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Health in Amman to protest against their transfer from the Civilian Hospital in Irbid to Bashir Hospital in Amman | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 30, 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 | September 27, 2022 |
| Al-Thaghra residents do not send their children to school to protest water cuts in their village and at their children's school | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Civil disobedience | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Thaghra | Jordan | September 18, 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 |