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 191 - 200 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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 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 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 start an open-ended sit-in inside the Ministry of Education in Amman to demand a resolution to the issue of teachers referred to early retirement or suspended from work and to demand the reinstatement of the dissolved Teachers Syndicate | 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 | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | February 8, 2022 |
Teachers stage a sit-in Zarqa in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 14, 2021 |
Teachers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Amman to protest the arbitray transfers of teachers, to reinstate teachers referred to early retirement or suspended from work, and to demand the reinstatement of | 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 | September 27, 2022 |
Teachers stage 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 that affect several teachers | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 15, 2022 |