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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The University of Jordan student forces stage a demonstration against the occupation security minister, Itamar Ben Gvir, storming into the hallowed Al-Aqsa Mosque, as well as the settlers' rising invasions. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | January 10, 2023 |
| 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 |
| Third category employees of the Ministry of Education go on strike to obtain better labor conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | National | Jordan | November 27, 2019 |
| Third category employees of the Ministry of Education go on strike to obtain better labor conditions | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | National | Jordan | December 29, 2019 |
| Third category employees of the Ministry of Education stage a sit-in in front of The Royal Hashemite Court in Amman, as the Ministry of Education and the Civil Service Bureau do not address their demands. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | August 31, 2021 |
| Third-category employees of the Ministry of Education stage a sit-in outside the Ministry's headquarters in Amman as the Ministry does not address their demand for better work conditions | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | August 17, 2022 |
| Thousands of Jordanian teachers stage a protest in front of the Professional Associations Complex in Irbid Governorate, to reiterate their demands for salary raises | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Irbid | Jordan | September 17, 2019 |
| Thousands of teachers hold several protest stands in different points of Amman to demand 50% salary raise | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Amman | Jordan | September 5, 2019 |
| Thousands of teachers of Tafilah governorate commemorate the loss of the head of the Teachers' Syndicate, reiterate their demands for salary raises and demand the government to apologize for the repression of a teachers' sit-in in Amman | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Support to political leader / Public figure, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Tafilah | Jordan | September 22, 2019 |
| Thousands of teachers stage a protest in front of the Education Directorate of Zarqa to reiterate their demands for salary rises | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | September 23, 2019 |