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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| About 140 daily workers employed in sub-contract at the Phosphate Company in Aqaba stage a sit-in to demand permanent employment and greater labor and social security protections | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | March 17, 2019 |
| A sit-in organized by a campaign called 'Stand with Teachers' (قم مع المعلم) in front of the Ministry of Education demanded that schools transfer teachers' salaries via banks. | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Ministry of Education | Jordan | October 24, 2022 |
| A sit-in by workers protesting the failure of companies to pay their wages, in front of the Ministry of Transportation in Amman. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 4, 2023 |
| A protest march to ask for the release of arrested members of the Teachers' Union ends in clashes with the security forces | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Support of a cause | Repression | Karak | Jordan | August 4, 2020 |
| A number of taxi and bus drivers working on the Madaba - Ma'in line go on strike to protest against the concurrence of "private buses", judged as unfair | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | November 19, 2018 |
| A march took place on Monday evening towards the Ma'an governorate building, to protest the arrest of the former mayor of Ma'an, demanding his release. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | March | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ma'an Governorate | Jordan | December 19, 2022 |
| A march started in front of the Ma'an Mosque towards the governorate building demanding the release of the former Mayor of Ma'an, Majed Al-Sharari, and those detained in connection with the recent protests. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | March | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Ma'an Governorate | Jordan | December 30, 2022 |
| A group of working women from Dhiban inaugurates an open-ended sit-in with their children in front of the Royal Hashemite Court demanding their reintegration to work after having been suspended from work | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 6, 2019 |
| A group of employees of the Hashemite University (Zarqa) inaugurates an open-ended sit-in to demand equal labor treatment with other colleagues with the same qualifications | 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 | Zarqa | Jordan | January 28, 2020 |
| A group of citizens protests in Amman to demand the release of Colonel Moustafa al-Anizat and all the detainees arrested in the security operation against Prince Hamza bin Hussein | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 10, 2021 |