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 681 - 690 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country |
Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozens of public bus drivers and owners from Qasr District and Faqqu' stage a protest in Qasr to demand the full operation of the new Karak bus complex | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Other | Other | Demonstration | Other | N/A | Qasr | Jordan | September 17, 2019 |
| Thousands of Jordanian teachers stage a protest in front of the Professional Associations Complex in Irbid Governorate, to reiterate their demands for salary raises | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Demonstration | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Irbid | Jordan | September 17, 2019 |
| Public school teachers inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand salary raises | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Jordan | September 8, 2019 | |
| Thousands of teachers hold several protest stands in different points of Amman to demand 50% salary raise | 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...) | Repression | Amman | Jordan | September 5, 2019 |
| Teachers block the desert highway between Aqaba and Amman to demand a 50% salary raise | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Desert highway (Aqaba-Amman) | Jordan | September 5, 2019 |
| Retirees of the Social Security stage a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest against the new amendments to the Social Sevurity Law | Workers group: Public Sector, Workers group: Retirees | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 2, 2019 |
| 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 |
| The doctors of the emergency department of the al-Nadim Hospital go on strike to demand an increase of the medical staff for the Eid period | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | August 7, 2019 |
| Unemployed PhDs inaugurate an open-ended sit-in and a hunger strike in front of the Royal Court (Amman) demanding to be appointed in Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in, Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 30, 2019 |
| Residents of Najdah and Hussainiyat hold a demonstration to protest against water shortages and poor water infrastructures in their villages | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jerash | Jordan | July 29, 2019 |