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.
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Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Careem and Uber drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Land Transport Regulatory Commission in Amman to protest the delay in issuing their permits | Workers group: Self-employed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 21, 2019 |
Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a sit-in in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to demand the Phosphate Mines Company to be responsible for their health insurance | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 11, 2022 |
In protest of the non-disbursement of the fuel subsidy allowance proposed by the government roughly two months ago, a group of service drivers working on the northern Hashimi-Raghadan line in Amman staged a partial strike on Sunday. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 16, 2022 |
PhD holders with visual impairments stage a protest sit-in in front of the Royal Court to demand employment in Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 30, 2019 |
Retirees of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage a two-day-long sit-in in front of the company's headquarters in Amman to protest against the deterioration of their health insurance | Workers group: Retirees | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | May 16, 2022 |
The Coordination of Doctors employed at the Ministry of Health stage a sit-in in front of the headquarters of the Jordanian Professional Associations Complex to protest against the lack of attention by the Doctors' Union towards their demands | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | January 20, 2020 |
Cleaning workers at Al-Bashir Hospital in Amman stage a sit-in to demand the payment of their salaries for the month of march | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | April 7, 2022 |
Hundreds of citizens hold a sit-in in Amman's Fourth Circle to protest against a new IMF-backed package of austerity initiatives, the deterioration of the national socio-economic conditions and corruption | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | December 12, 2018 |
Owners of nurseries and working mothers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Social Development protest against the Covid-related closures of nurseries | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 21, 2020 |
Citizens and party members stage a sit-in outside the Professional Associations Complex in Amman to denounce increases in prices, the most recent being an increase in fuel prices | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | June 5, 2022 |