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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed engineers of the Tafilah governorate stage a sit-in demanding employment and training opportunities in the infrastructural projects carried out in the area | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | December 2, 2018 |
| Parents and students of Al-Taym Al-Janoubi School (Madaba) staged a sit-in to protest the poor conditions of the school | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | December 2, 2018 |
| Engineers and agronomists working for the Ministry of Education inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | 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...) | N/A | Jordan | December 3, 2018 | |
| Parents of the students of Al-Mansaf Elementary Mixed School in Dhiban staged a protest against the poor conditions of the building | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Dhiban | Jordan | December 3, 2018 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives and the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 6, 2018 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives, the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions and corruption | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2018 |
| The Coalition of Websites holds a protest sit-in in front of the Jordanian Press Association to demand the release of two colleagues detained under the new cybercrime laws, firmly contested by the demonstrators | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2018 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle for the second day in a row to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives and the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | December 13, 2018 |
| al-Salt high-school students stage a rally to protest against the ministerial proposal of introducing a new single-semester evalutation mechanism for the final exams, judges as unfair | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Salt | Jordan | December 13, 2018 |
| Drivers working for the Ministry of Health inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | 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 | Amman | Jordan | December 18, 2018 |