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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residents of Najdah and Hussainiyat hold a demonstration to protest against water shortages and poor water infrastructures in their villages | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jerash | Jordan | July 29, 2019 |
| Dozens of citizens in Jerash protest against the ministerial committee arrived in town to discuss the draft of the new income tax law | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | September 19, 2018 |
| Drivers and owners of yellow taxis in Jerash staged a sit-in near the governorate building demanding the suspension of unlicensed applications in the city. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Cooptation | Jerash | Jordan | December 14, 2022 |
| Teachers stage a sit-in outside the Education Directorate in Jerash to demand a resolution to the issue of suspended teachers, to demand the reinstatement of the dissolved syndicate, and to protest against the repression of teachers' mobilisations | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | June 20, 2022 |
| The head of the Independent Syndicate of Public Drivers, Muhammad Walid Al-Zeer, confirmed that taxi and service car drivers have joined the strike, which covers the transport and freight sectors. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 8, 2022 |
| Workers of an electricity company supporting the Jordania electric power company stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor, to protest discrimination against them in wages and privileges, and their exclusion from the affiliation with the General Un | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Jordan | Jordan | October 25, 2022 |
| Popular and Partisan activities organized a march in front of the Husseini Mosque in the downtown area of the capital, Amman, in support of the Al-Aqsa Mosque | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | October 14, 2022 |
| Transport truck owners and drivers in Jordan stage an open-ended strike to protest the government's ongoing increase in fuel prices, particularly diesel. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 4, 2022 |
| Protests in the transportation and shipping sectors continue in different regions of the Kingdom. Truck and transport drivers stress their demands for a reduction in fuel prices, especially diesel and gasoline. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 18, 2022 |
| Teachers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Education to demand that their recent decision be reconsidered. | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Jordan | Jordan | October 16, 2022 |