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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Leftist student union in Al-Balqa Applied University stage a satiric sit-in under the slogan "Yes to a university environment that expels students" to protest against the administration's decisions preventing students from bringing drinks to the universit | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Salt | Jordan | October 17, 2021 |
Arhaba residents stage a sit-in in the vicinity of a well of the Yarmouk Water Company in Samad to demand access to water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Samad | Jordan | June 9, 2022 |
Employees of Saru Municipality stage a protest to demand the payment of back allocations and bonuses | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Saru | Jordan | January 28, 2021 |
Farmers stage a sit-in in South Shouna to protest the Ministry of Agriculture's decisions to allow bananas import | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | South Shouna | Jordan | June 19, 2022 |
Working women of a garment factory in South Shuna stage a march against the management's decision to close the factory | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | March | Other | N/A | South Shuna | Jordan | April 1, 2021 |
Unemployed in Southern Badia stage a sit-in to ask for job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Southern Badia | Jordan | July 19, 2020 |
Teachers of the Southern Jordan Valley hold a sit-in to demand better transportation and housing policies to carry out their job | 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 | Southern Jordan Valley | Jordan | September 10, 2018 |
Eleven unemployed from Tafilah march towards the Royal Hashemite Court to demand job opportunities and are arrested by security forces | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Tafilah | Jordan | May 24, 2022 |
Dozens of unemployed from the Tafilah governorate inaugurate a protest march towards Amman to demand job opportunities. | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | February 10, 2019 |
Unemployed engineers of the Tafilah governorate stage a sit-in demanding employment and training opportunities in the infrastructural projects carried out in the area | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Tafilah | Jordan | December 2, 2018 |