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 |
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Dozens of public bus drivers and owners from Qasr District and Faqqu' stage a protest in Qasr to demand the full operation of the new Karak bus complex | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Other | Other | Demonstration | Other | N/A | Qasr | Jordan | September 17, 2019 |
Tour guides in Petra strike for 3 hours to protest regular harassment by local communities and to demand more security | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | September 10, 2022 |
Tour guides in Petra stage a sit-in outside the Visitor Center to demand job opportunities, and to protest against the cancellation of their elections and the inaction of the Ministry of Tourism | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | October 15, 2021 |
Yellow Taxi Drivers of Petra and Wadi Musa hold a sit-in in front of Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority to demand an increase of tourist tickets of One dinar to compensate for the losses accumulated during the Corona pandemic | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | August 11, 2021 |
Tour guides in Petra stage a sit-in outside the Visitor Center to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed tour guides | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Petra | Jordan | February 21, 2022 |
Employees of a 5-star hotel in Petra stage a sit-in to demand the payment of the service tax, an increase in salaries, and an increase in the service tax from 5 to 10% | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | August 30, 2022 |
Employees of the Petra Region Authority stage a protest sit-in demanding the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | February 23, 2021 |
Unemployed engineers protest against the decision of the Yarmouk Water Company to hire personnel from outside the area | Workers group: Unemployed | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Northern Jordan Valley | Jordan | September 6, 2020 |
Employees of the Education Directorate of the Northern Jordan Valley stage a sit-in to protest against the transfer of several school principals, judged as a political retaliation | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Northern Jordan Valley | Jordan | September 24, 2018 |
Parents of the students of the Sabaa Asir Secondary School for Girls, in the Northern Badia district, refrained from sending their children to school to protest against the failure of the directorate to protect the school from acts of vandalism at night | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Civil disobedience | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Northern Badia | Jordan | October 1, 2018 |