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 771 - 780 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Public bus owners of the Ajloun area protest against the concurrence of private taxis | Workers group: Public Sector | Corporatist grievances | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Ajloun | Jordan | January 6, 2020 |
| Teachers stage a sit-in in Ajloun in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Ajloun | Jordan | February 14, 2021 |
| Dozens of citizens in Ain Jana demonstrate in support of King Abdullah II's stances rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Ain Jana | Jordan | February 14, 2020 |
| Unemployed in Aima start a hunger strike to protest the authorities' failure to address their demands for job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Aima | Jordan | August 14, 2022 |
| Protesters roadblock and burn tires in the Aghwar Shamaliyah to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Road blockade, Tire burning | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Aghwar Shamaliyah | Jordan | March 23, 2022 |
| Working women of the Zamaleyah clothing factory stage a sit-in in front of the plant to ask for its reopening | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Aghwar Shamaliyah | Jordan | July 11, 2020 |
| Sit-in in Agareb to demand the truth about the death of one of the protester who died during a demonstration against the decision of the Ministry of Environment to reopen the El Guenna landfill | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Agareb | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |