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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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 |
Activists stage a sit-in outside the National Centre for Human Rights in Amman to demand the centre to investigate suspected violations of human rights during the arrest of activists and to demand their release | Political Party, CSO, Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 14, 2022 |
Smart application drivers stage a two-days sit-in outside the Land Transport Regulatory Commission in Amman to protest the LTRC decision to reduce the operational lifetime of their vehicles from 7 to 5 years | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2021 |
Trucks owners stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transportation in Amman to demand better working conditions | 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 | Amman | Jordan | February 6, 2022 |
Parents of the students of Zeinab High School stage a sit-in against the poor conditions of the building and the delays in rehabilitation works | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 13, 2021 |
Relatives of a man who was killed demonstrate in the neighbourhood of Shafa Badran in Amman to protest the killing | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Demonstration | Other | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 17, 2022 |
Sit-in in front of the International Red Cross headquarters in Amman in solidarity with former MP Osama al-Ajarmeh who enters his fortieth day of hunger strike | Collective / Informal group, CSO | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 16, 2021 |
Retirees of the Social Security stage a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest against the new amendments to the Social Sevurity Law | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Retirees | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 2, 2019 |
Workers in the wedding and party industry stage a protest in front of the Parliament to demand the re-opening of the sector | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 7, 2021 |
Activists stage a sit-in outside Marka prison to demand to release detainees who have been jailed because they expressed their political opinion | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 31, 2021 |