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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Yellow taxi" drivers start their long march from Kerak to the Interior Ministry in Amman to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed smart-application transportation, private cars and minibuses | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kerak | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| Protesters stage a sit-in in Duwwar al Dakhiliyye in Amman to denounce the water agreement concluded between Jordan and Israel | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| Sit-in in Agareb to demand the truth about the death of one of the protester who died during a demonstration against the decision of the Ministry of Environment to reopen the El Guenna landfill | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Agareb | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| "Yellow taxi" drivers strike outside the Governorate building in Kerak to protest against the unfair competition of unlicensed smart-application transportation, private cars and minibuses | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Kerak | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| The unemployed of al-Jafr area stage sit-in on the al-Jafr bridge to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | al-Jafr | Jordan | November 21, 2021 |
| Activists of the Bani Hassan tribe stage a sit-in in Zarqa to demand a new political approach | Clan member | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | November 20, 2021 |
| Contract workers of the Aqaba Container Terminal start an open-ended strike to demand to be employed as permanent workers | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | November 16, 2021 |
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand their rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | November 16, 2021 | |
| 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 two years and five months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | November 16, 2021 |
| Demonstrators march in downtown Amman to protest against the Defense Law and the general increase in prices | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO, Clan member | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | March, Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | November 12, 2021 |