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 161 - 170 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Political parties and activists organise a sit-in in Amman in solidarity with Palestine, demanding the end of the ongoing Israeli aggressions against Gaza, Jerusalem and the rest of the Occupied Territories | Collective / Informal group, Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Amman | Jordan | May 15, 2021 |
| Contract workers at the Ministry of Agriculture stage a sit-in outside the Ministry building to demand permanent contracts | 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 | February 6, 2022 |
| Jeeny drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the company's decision to reduce tariffs for riders | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 14, 2021 |
| Dozens of citizens protest in downtown Amman to ask for economic reforms (lowering prices, reviewing the sales tax, providing job opportunities for unemployed youth, and reconsidering election and party laws) and fighting corruption | CSO | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly, 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...) | N/A | Amman | Jordan | February 14, 2019 |
| Unemployed PhDs inaugurate an open-ended sit-in in front of the Higher Education Accreditation Commission in Amman demanding to be appointed in the Jordanian universities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | September 1, 2019 |
| Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Transportation to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them two years and three months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Amman | Jordan | November 1, 2021 |
| Banana importers stage a sit-in in front of the Parliament demanding to open the doors to banana imports to compensate for the shortages in local production | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining, Procedural action | Amman | Jordan | November 18, 2018 |
| Taxi drivers operating at the Amman Airport and at Malik Hussein Bridge (Allenby) stage a sit-in in front of the Land Transport Regulatory Authority demanding compensations for the Covid-related losses | 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 | July 13, 2020 |
| 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 |
| Careem and Uber drivers stage a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Transportation to voice their demands | Workers group: Self-employed | 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 31, 2021 |