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.
Displaying 291 - 300 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More than a hundred voluntary teachers stage a sit-in outside the UNRWA Rehabilitation Centers for Women and Persons with Disabilities to protest the decrease in services | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | January 10, 2022 | |
| Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them thirty-one months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | January 10, 2022 |
| Nine unemployed start an open-ended sit-in in Madaba to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | January 9, 2022 |
| Protesters stage simultaneous sit-ins in Ma'an and Shubak to protest against the privatisation of Ma'an water company and its fusion with Aqaba water company | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ma'an, as-Shubak | Jordan | January 7, 2022 |
| Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them thirty-one months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | January 6, 2022 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in Salt to protest against constitutional amendments | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Salt | Jordan | January 6, 2022 |
| Lawyers stage a sit-in in the Justice Palace in solidarity with their union leader | Workers group: Public Sector | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support to political leader / Public figure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 5, 2022 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in Salt to protest against constitutional amendments | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | al-Salt | Jordan | December 31, 2021 |
| Women stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest against the addition of the term "Jordanian women" in the Constitutional amendments | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 27, 2021 |
| Uber drivers stage a sit-in outside the company's headquarters to protest against as hundreds of drivers can no longer access the app due to their accumulated debts | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | December 27, 2021 |