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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taxi vehicles in Aqaba Governorate joined the strike of public transport and trucks. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Support of a cause | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | December 14, 2022 |
| Demonstrators participate in a sit-in in Aqaba called by the Islamic Movement in support of the Palestinian people to protest against the Israeli violations in Jerusalem and to denounce the normalisation with Israel | FBO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | April 16, 2022 |
| Dozens of fishermen of the Aqaba region stage a boat protest against the government decision to extend the fishing moratorium for another two months | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | June 9, 2021 |
| Contract workers of the Aqaba Container Terminal start an open-ended strike to demand to be employed as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | November 16, 2021 |
| Hundreds of citizens in Aqaba rally in support of King Abdallah II's stances rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | CSO, Clan member | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | February 19, 2020 |
| Workers of the Jordan Petroleum Refinery (Aqaba) stage a protest sit-in to protest the suspension of their health insurance allowances by the company and to demand safer and healthier labor 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 | Aqaba | Jordan | October 28, 2018 |
| Dozens of Aqaba residents stage a sit-in in front of the Aqaba Water Company to protest against the increase in water bills amount and to demand to remove electronic meters | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | December 25, 2021 |
| Security forces prevent Aqaba port workers from staging a sit-in in solidarity with their colleagues who died in their workplace after a container of chlorine gas blew up on June 27 | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Other | Repression | Aqaba | Jordan | June 29, 2022 |
| Dozens of taxi drivers operating at the Amman-Aqaba Travel Complex of the Aqaba Special Economic Zone stage a protest sit-in to demand an overarching reorganization of the transport sector in the area and of the transport activities in the complex | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | January 8, 2019 |
| Contract workers of the Aqaba Container Terminal stage a sit-in outside the Aqaba Development Corporation demanding to be employed as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Aqaba | Jordan | October 21, 2021 |