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 21 - 30 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Journalists and website employees stage a sit-in in front of the Jordan Press Association headquarters in Amman to protest against proposed amendments to media-related regulations | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Bargaining | Jordan | September 5, 2021 | |
| Careem and Uber drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand a reduction of the deduction rate applied by the two companies | 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 | April 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 | |
| The campaign “Stand up with the teacher” launches an online campaign under the hashtag ''We are all Rouba'' after a teacher named Rouba died while she was pregnant due to bad working conditions | Campaign | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Procedural action | Jordan | June 13, 2022 | |
| Careem and Uber drivers inaugurate an open-ended partial strike of eight hours per day to protest against the exclusion of smart application drivers from the government measure reducing the licensing fees for public transport vehicles by 30% | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | August 29, 2021 | |
| Teachers protest on a national scale against the new career grid purposed by the Ministry of Education, | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances | Demonstration, Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | April 8, 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 | |
| A fierce protest wave erupted on a national scale to protest against the government management of the Covid-19 crisis and its socio-economic backlashes | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration, Sit-in, Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Jordan | March 14, 2021 | |
| 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 | |
| Online campaign to protest against the gas deal between Jordan and Israel | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Online campaign | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | September 24, 2021 |