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 11 - 20 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Students at the Jordan University of Science and Technology launch an online campaign using the hastag ''technology harasser'' to share their testimonies about a university professor who harassed them and to demand an external investigation | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Online campaign | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jordan | June 6, 2022 | |
| Smart application drivers who work for Careem start an open-ended strike nationwide to protest the company's policies and its inaction | 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 | May 15, 2022 | |
| Smart application drivers stage a one-day strike nationwide to protest the increase in fuel prices and the inaction of smart application companies that do not address their demands | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | June 1, 2022 | |
| Smart application drivers who work for Careem start an open-ended strike nationwide to protest the company's decision to decrease the price of the trips by 20% | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | June 19, 2022 | |
| 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 | |
| Uber drivers inaugurate a partial 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 22, 2021 | |
| 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 | |
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to demand ther 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 | Jordan | November 24, 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 |