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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egyptian migrant workers organise an online campaign to demand the end of the Kafala system and a revision of the fees and fines applied to work | Workers group: Migrant workers | Policy grievances | Online campaign | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | April 12, 2021 | |
| Over 1000 Careem drivers inaugurate an open-ended strike to protest against the rise in the commission rates | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporate grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Jordan | July 13, 2021 | |
| After the failure of the barganing with the government, the workers of 65 municipalities out of 100 resume an open-ended strike to obtain full satisfaction of their demands for greater social security rights and labor allowances | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | October 31, 2018 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Engineers working at the Ministry of Education inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain a 150% salary raise and equal labor treatment with the rest of the engineers employed in the public sector | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | October 14, 2018 | |
| Judges' assistants of the Department of Sharia Courts inaugurate an open-ended strike demanding equal labor treatment with the rest of the employees of the Ministry of Justice | Workers group: Public Sector | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Jordan | September 23, 2018 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |