Unemployed start an open-ended sit-in outside the Governorate building in Ma'an to demand job opportunities

Number of protestors: 
32
Country: 
Jordan
Date: 
01/02/2022
Description: 
Unemployed start an open-ended sit-in outside the Governorate building in Ma'an to demand job opportunities. Negotiations are ongoing as parliamentary members representing Ma'an presented their demand to the Prime Minister. However, securiy forces also threatened to break up the sit-in. At the end of February, MPs and minister promised to talk with employers to provide them with employment opportunities. Their protest tent was destroyed at the end of March, during the repression of the demonstrations that denounced elections results.
Actors / Mobilising structures: 
Workers group: Unemployed
Mode of action: 
Sit-in
Objective: 
Demands for rights / Services
Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA: 
Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection
Spatial characteristics: 
Location on national territory: Governorate level
Frequency: 
Continuous
State response: 
Repression
Bargaining
Location: 
Ma'an