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 781 - 790 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
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Country | Date |
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Unemployed people in the town of Adhruh, Ma'an governorate, continue their sit-in in front of the commercial market, for the third day in a row to demand decent job opportunities. | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Adhruh | Jordan | October 10, 2022 |
Owners of quarries and truck drivers stage a sit-in to protest the closure of the Adassiyah quarry | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Adassiyah | Jordan | August 23, 2022 |
Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Kafr Soum to reject Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Kafr Soum | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |
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 | |
Dozens of engineers employed at the Ministry of the Education stage a sit-in in various localities of the Kingdom demanding equal labor treatment with the rest of ministerial employees | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | September 26, 2018 | |
More than a hundred voluntary teachers stage a sit-in outside the UNRWA Rehabilitation Centers for Women and Persons with Disabilities to protest the decrease in services | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | January 10, 2022 | |
UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand their rights | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | November 16, 2021 | |
Taxi drivers, shared taxi drivers and bus and minibus drivers hold a two-hour strike nationwide to protest the increase in fuel prices | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | June 16, 2022 | |
Egyptian migrant workers organise an online campaign to demand the end of the Kafala system and a revision of the fees and fines applied to work | Workers group: Migrant workers | Policy grievances | Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | April 12, 2021 | |
Teachers launch a campaign on social media in solidarity with 6 of their colleagues who are activists and were transferred to far away schools | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Online campaign | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | September 3, 2022 |