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 791 - 800 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Judges' assistants of the Department of Sharia Courts inaugurate an open-ended strike demanding equal labor treatment with the rest of the employees of the Ministry of Justice | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jordan | September 23, 2018 | |
| Hajartoona, the Jordanian "National Campaign to Defend the Rights of Resident Doctors", announced that an online demonstration and a sit-in will be held on September, 24th to demand better working conditions for residents doctors in university hospitals | Workers group: Healthcare workers, Campaign | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in, Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | September 15, 2021 | |
| Taxi drivers, shared taxi drivers and bus and minibus drivers hold a one-day 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 28, 2022 | |
| Talabat delivery workers inaugurate an open-ended partial strike to protest against the company's decision to reduce riders' fees | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | August 29, 2021 | |
| Employees of the Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transport, to demand a payment of their salaries. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | October 5, 2022 | |
| Public bus drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest the government decision to reduce the public transport capacity due to Covid-19 pandemic, demanding compensations | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Strike / Strike announcement | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | March 13, 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 campaign “Stand up with the teacher” launches an online campaign to denounce how private schools do not always pay their teachers through bank accounts or electronic wallets | Campaign | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | April 12, 2022 | |
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to protest against the decision of the administration to force them to take four-month-long unpaid leave | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | November 8, 2021 | |
| Jordanian massively use the hashtag "The water of the enemy is occupation" on Twitter to condemn the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Online campaign | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | November 23, 2021 |