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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Doctors who obtained their medical certificates from medical boards abroad stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to demand the recognition and accredition of their certificatesas members of Parliament discuss amendments to the Jordan Medical Council Law | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 12, 2022 |
Engineers working in the public sector hold a sit-in at the Ministry of Public Works to ask for an increase of their technical allowance | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 6, 2020 |
Public security retirees inaugurate an open-ended sit-in in front of the Parliament demanding an increase in the housing allowances | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Retirees | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | April 29, 2019 |
Drivers operating on transnational routes stage a sit-in with their families in front of the Parliament to protest against the lack of economic support by the state against the heavy losses triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic | 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 | May 24, 2021 |
Jeeny drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the company's decision to reduce tariffs for riders | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 14, 2021 |
Apartment owners stage a sit-in outside the Jordan Islamic Bank to protest against the auctioning of their appartments | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 26, 2022 |
Precarious workers of the Ministry of Water and Irrigation stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their back wages | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 14, 2021 |
Hundreds of school teachers protest in Amman to demand the application of their collective labour agreement | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, 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 | Amman | Jordan | July 22, 2020 |
Unemployed PhDs inaugurate an open-ended sit-in in front of the Higher Education Accreditation Commission in Amman demanding to be appointed in the Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | September 1, 2019 |
Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transportation to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them two years and three months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Amman | Jordan | November 1, 2021 |