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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Residents stage a sit-in outside Mafraq Water Department to protest as water does not reach their homes | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al Mafraq | Jordan | June 14, 2022 |
Uemployed from Tafilah stage a sit-in in Al Ayes during their march toyards 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 | Al Ayes | Jordan | May 24, 2022 |
al-Shifa bus drivers hold a strike to protest against the unfair concurrence of unlicensed vehicles, demanding protective measures | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | September 30, 2018 |
After Friday prayer, hundreds of citizens hold a protest sit-in in Ajloun rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | February 7, 2020 |
Bus drivers of Ajloun governorate hold a strike to protest against the concurrence of private vehicles | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | January 21, 2019 |
Owners of loaders and excavators, and stone quarry workers, stage a sit-in in Ajloun to denounce recurring police raids that target owners of machines working the quarries | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | August 9, 2022 |
Unions and political parties organise a sit-in in Ajloun 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 | Ajloun | Jordan | May 14, 2021 |
Dozens of citizens in Ajloun protest against the ministerial committee arrived in town to discuss the draft of the new income tax law | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | September 19, 2018 |
Youth groups in Ajloun organise a sit-in in solidarity with Palestine, condemning ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | May 11, 2021 |
Ajloun activists stage a sit-in to demand the release of the detainees arrested during the protests of March 13-14 and reiterate their demands for the resignation of the government | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | March 20, 2021 |