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 131 - 140 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jordanian farmers hold a sit-in in Amman to protest against the difficulties of the sector | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | July 14, 2019 |
| Unemployed PhDs hold a protest sit-in in front of the Ministry of Higher Education in Amman demanding to be appointed in Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | April 4, 2019 |
| 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 |
| Dozens of drivers and owners of buses transporting private school students stage a protest sit-in n front of the Ministry of Transportations against the Cabinet's decision to grant tax exemptions in exchange for the replacement of old vehicles with brand | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 27, 2019 |
| Drivers working on ride-hailing apps (Uber, Careem) inaugurate an open-ended sit-in to voice their demands | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | November 21, 2018 |
| Around 40 drivers on the service line "City Roundabout - Gardens - Khalda" staged a protest against the closure of the parking exit set by the Amman Municipality and the Land Transport Regulatory Authority | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 26, 2021 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest sit-in near the American Embassy in Amman rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 7, 2020 |
| Sit-in in Amman in solidarity with Palestinian in Israeli prisons | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2021 |
| Activists stage a sit-in outside the National Centre for Human Rights in Amman to demand the centre to investigate suspected violations of human rights during the arrest of activists and to demand their release | Political Party, CSO, Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 14, 2022 |
| Dozens of freshly-appointed new drivers at the Greater Amman Municipality inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest the sudden decision of the Prime Minister to revoke the measure | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 16, 2019 |