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 631 - 640 of 826
Titlesort descending Actors / Mobilising structures Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA Mode of action Objective State response Location Country Date
Teachers were prevented by security forces from staging a sit-in outside the Ministry of Education in Amman to demand the reinstatement of the dissolved Jordanian Teachers Syndicate and to solve administrative and judicial issues Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure Repression Amman Jordan March 29, 2022
Teachers who were forced to retire stage a sit-in outside the office of the Minister of Education to demand him to cancel the decision to force 120 teachers to early retirement Workers group: School teachers / University professors Injustice / Perceived injustice Sit-in Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) Repression Amman Jordan October 31, 2021
Teachers working in the Syrian refugee camps of Azraq and Mraijeeb Al-Fhood inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand the payment of their back wages Workers group: School teachers / University professors Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Strike / Strike announcement Demands for rights / Services N/A Azraq. Zarqa Jordan October 30, 2018
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
Textile factory workers in the governorate of Kerak resume their sit-in outside the local Labour Directorate fearing the closure of their factory Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Demands for rights / Services N/A Kerak Jordan June 22, 2022
Textile factory workers in the governorate of Kerak stage a sit-in outside the local Labour Directorate fearing the closure of their factory Workers group: Other Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection Sit-in Demands for rights / Services Bargaining Kerak Jordan June 12, 2022
The ''Ri'aye mushtarake'' campaign organises a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest amendments which excludes mothers from the follow-up of children's school education Campaign Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure Sit-in Protest of a policy / Governmental measure N/A Amman Jordan September 25, 2022
The Association of Jordanian Farmers stages a demonstration at the Ministry of Labor to protest against the shortage of foreign agricultural laborers Workers group: Self-employed, Workers group: Union / Syndicate Corporatist grievances Demonstration Demands for rights / Services Bargaining Amman Jordan February 7, 2021
The campaign “Stand up with the teacher” launches an online campaign to denounce how private schools do not always pay their teachers through bank accounts or electronic wallets Campaign Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Online campaign Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) N/A Jordan April 12, 2022
The campaign “Stand up with the teacher” launches an online campaign under the hashtag ''We are all Rouba'' after a teacher named Rouba died while she was pregnant due to bad working conditions Campaign Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights Online campaign Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) Procedural action Jordan June 13, 2022

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Actors / Mobilising Structures Chart

Cause / Grievances / Framing CA Chart

Mode of Action Chart