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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A fierce protest wave erupted on a national scale to protest against the government management of the Covid-19 crisis and its socio-economic backlashes | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration, Sit-in, Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Jordan | March 14, 2021 | |
| A crowd of outraged Madaba citizens violated the curfew overnight to protest the missed distribution of bread by the authorities and tried to storm bakeries | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration, Other | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Madaba | Jordan | March 24, 2020 |
| A coalition of engineers stage a protest sit-in against the new regulations on buildings of the Greater Amman Municipality | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 23, 2019 |
| 140 employees of a resort in the Dead Sea area hold a sit-in to protest against the decision of the management to dismiss them from work without paying the due back salaries | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dead Sea | Jordan | November 19, 2018 |
| "Yellow taxi" drivers strike outside the Governorate building in Kerak to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed smart-application transportation, private cars and minibuses | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kerak | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| "Yellow taxi" drivers start their long march from Kerak to the Interior Ministry in Amman to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed smart-application transportation, private cars and minibuses | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kerak | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| "Yellow Taxi" drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Parliament to demand protection against the concurrence of unlicensed drivers, and the right to establish a union | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly, Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 13, 2019 |
| "Yellow Taxi" drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation (Amman) to protest the lack of state responses against their demand of protection from the concurrence of car-booking apps | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 3, 2019 |
| "Yellow Taxi" drivers hold a sit-in in front of the Parliament against the concurrence of ride-hailing apps | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 15, 2019 |
| "We are all the King" youth organization holds a rally in Zarqa in support of King Abdallah II's stances rejecting Donald Trup's "Deal of the Century" | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 22, 2020 |