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 |
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The Ma'an Governorate committees resume their sit-in in opposition to the Aqaba Water Company's contract in support of the state's unemployed citizens. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | November 4, 2022 |
The National Committee for the detainees and missing detainees in Israeli prisons organized a sit-in in solidarity with the six Palestinians who managed to escape from an Israeli high-security prison. | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 9, 2021 |
The people of Marj Al-Hamam area stage a sit-in against digging a well in irrigated lands in the Al-Bahath area, which feeds farms in the area. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Environmental rights and services | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Marj Al Hamam | Jordan | October 29, 2022 |
The retirees of the Jordanian Phosphate Mines Company renewed their sit-in in front of the company's building in Amman, to demand the reinstatement of health insurance as it was in 2000. | Workers group: Retirees | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 7, 2022 |
The staff of the Plant Laboratory of the Ministry of Agriculture inaugurates an open-ended strike to demand the risk allowance | Workers group: Public Sector, Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 20, 2020 |
The traders of Madaba livestock market stage a demonstration to protest the new market site | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | June 10, 2019 |
The truck drivers of the Phosphate Mine Company stage a strike and a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest the new distribution mechanisms adopted by the company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | May 1, 2019 |
The unemployed of al-Jafr area renew their sit-in in front of the municipality building to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | al-Jafr | Jordan | August 30, 2021 |
The unemployed of al-Jafr area stage sit-in on the al-Jafr bridge to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | al-Jafr | Jordan | November 21, 2021 |
The unemployed youth of Mafraq governorate inaugurates an open-ended sit-in in Mafraq main square to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Mafraq | Jordan | April 13, 2019 |