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 201 - 210 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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The daily workers of the Aqaba Container Port Company stage a sit-in at the company's headquarter to demand permanent employment and full labor rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | August 17, 2021 |
Uber drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the service charges and the restrictive rating policies applied by the company | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | August 12, 2021 | |
The daily workers of the Aqaba Container Port Company stage a sit-in at the company's headquarter to demand permanent employment and full labor rights | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Aqaba | Jordan | August 11, 2021 |
Yellow Taxi Drivers of Petra and Wadi Musa hold a sit-in in front of Petra Development and Tourism Region Authority to demand an increase of tourist tickets of One dinar to compensate for the losses accumulated during the Corona pandemic | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Petra | Jordan | August 11, 2021 |
Dozens of teachers stage a vigil in front of the Ministry of Education to commemorate the first anniversary of the arbitrary shutdown of the Jordanian Teachers' Association by State authorities | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | July 25, 2021 |
Foreign travel drivers resume their open-ended sit-in in Amman and Ramtha against the closure of the borders with Syria and Saudi Arabia | 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 | Procedural action | Amman, Ramtha | Jordan | July 25, 2021 |
Dozens of foreign travel drivers stage a sit-in in Amman as their resume their protests to demand to work | 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 | July 13, 2021 |
Over 1000 Careem drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the rise in the commission rates | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | July 13, 2021 | |
"We are all the King" youth organization holds a rally in Zarqa in support of King Abdallah II's stances rejecting Donald Trup's "Deal of the Century" | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 22, 2020 |
After Friday prayer, hundreds of citizens rally in Zarqa to reject Donald Trumps' "Deal of the Century" | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 21, 2020 |