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 621 - 630 of 826
Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response | Location | Country | Date |
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Nurses employed at the University of Jordan Hospital (Amman) inaugurate an open-ended strike to demand a renegotiation of their bonuses and allowances | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | July 27, 2019 |
"Yellow Taxi" drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation (Amman) to protest the lack of state responses against their demand of protection from the concurrence of car-booking apps | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | July 3, 2019 |
Third category employees at the Ministry of Education stage a sit-in to ask overarching improvements of their labour conditions | 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 | Amman | Jordan | October 27, 2019 |
Engineers working in the public sector inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain an increase of their technical allowance | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 8, 2020 |
Unemployed from Malih stage a sit-in in front of the Royal Hashemite Court to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | October 10, 2021 |
Smart application drivers stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transportation in Amman to reiterate their demands | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances, Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | August 2, 2022 |
The Islamic Labor Front party organises a sit-in outside its headquarters in solidarity with Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons | Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 4, 2022 |
The Federation of Independent Trade Unions holds a sit-in in front of the Parliament to protest against the amendments to the Labor Law under discussion | Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | December 30, 2018 |
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 |
After the Friday prayer, two large marches take place in Amman to reject Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |