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 631 - 640 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political activists and party members stage a sit-in outside the Independent Election Commission to demand the release of prisoners of conscience and to condemn attack on civil freedoms | Political Party, CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2022 |
| Engineers working in the public sector inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain an increase of their technical allowance | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 8, 2020 |
| Students and residents of Amman's Tafilah neighborhood stage a night march in solidarity with the teachers' struggle | Collective / Informal group, Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 2, 2019 |
| Unemployed citizens of Karak stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Labor to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 7, 2021 |
| The truck drivers of the Phosphate Mine Company stage a strike and a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest the new distribution mechanisms adopted by the company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | May 1, 2019 |
| Doctors working at the Ministry of Health hold a protest stand against the amendments to the collective labor agreement for the new doctors | Workers group: Healthcare workers, Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | February 26, 2019 |
| The Federation of Independent Trade Unions holds a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest against the amendments to the Labor Law under discussion | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 30, 2018 |
| The National Committee for the detainees and missing detainees in Israeli prisons organized a sit-in in solidarity with the six Palestinians who managed to escape from an Israeli high-security prison. | CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 9, 2021 |
| Lobby drivers stage a sit-in on the Airport road to protest against the measures imposed by General Security on their vehicles | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 23, 2021 |
| Workers in the healthcare sector stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Health demanding their right to unionize | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 4, 2020 |

