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 451 - 460 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed youth of Aqaba stages a sit-in in front of the Special Economic Zone Authority building to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in, Other | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | October 29, 2019 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Contract workers of the Aqaba Port Authority stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarter demanding job continuity and equal labor treatment with their permanently-employed peers | 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 | May 13, 2019 |
| Employees of the Authority of the Special Economic Zone of Aqaba protest against the Authority's labour policies | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | July 28, 2020 |
| 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 |
| Unemployed youth stages a sit-in in Aqaba to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | December 24, 2018 |
| 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 |
| Healthcare workers at Aqaba civil hospital start a sit-in outside the hospital to protest their dismissal | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | March 3, 2022 |
| Minibus drivers start an open-ended strike after the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority refused to grant them licenses to operate routes inside Aqaba SEZ | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Aqaba | Jordan | July 15, 2022 |