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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Precarious workers of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation stage a sit-in to demand 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 | Amman | Jordan | February 14, 2021 |
Hundreds of school teachers protest in Amman to demand the application of their collective labour agreement | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 22, 2020 |
Leftist and nationalist parties members and civil society activists stage a sit-in outside the Israeli embassy in Amman to commemorate the occupation of Jerusalem | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 7, 2022 |
Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company resume their open-ended sit-in and roadblock in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to demand the Phosphate Mines Company to be responsible for their health insurance | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in, Road blockade | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 20, 2022 |
Journalists and employees at Al Rai newspaper start a sit-in outside Al Rai headquarters in Amman to demand their unpaid wages and protest against the suspension of some of their colleagues | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 8, 2022 |
The ''Ri'aye mushtarake'' campaign organises a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest amendments which excludes mothers from the follow-up of children's school education | Campaign | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 25, 2022 |
People stage a march in downtown Amman, denouncing the gas agreement with Israel known as "The occupier". | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Regional / Political grievances | March | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 11, 2022 |
Engineers working in the public sector hold a sit-in at the Ministry of Public Works to ask for an increase of their technical allowance | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 6, 2020 |
Jordanian doctors receiving/having received their degrees or specializations abroad stage a protest sit-in in front of the Medical Council against the new national accreditation policies not recognizing legal validity to their titles | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a public statement / Public representation | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 27, 2018 |
The committee of the families of Jordanian detainees in Saudi Arabia hold a sit-in in front of the Saudi embassy in Amman to demand their release | CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 4, 2021 |