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 601 - 610 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployed demonstrate in Karak Castle to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Karak | Jordan | November 24, 2021 |
| Teachers in Karak stage a protest stand in front of the city's union branch to denounce the prevention by state authorities to reach Amman on July 25 and the long-standing repression that the union has undergone in the past year | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Karak | Jordan | August 9, 2021 |
| Parties and professional associations organise a sit-in in Karak in solidarity with Palestine, condemning ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip | Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Karak | Jordan | May 11, 2021 |
| Members of the al-Majali clan stage a sit-in in Karak to demand the release of their clan members detained within the framework of the security operation against Prince Hamza bin Hussein | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Karak | Jordan | April 5, 2021 |
| Drivers and owners of water tankers stage a sit-in in front of the Karak governorate building to protest against a project of the Ministry of Public Works | Workers group: Other | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Karak | Jordan | August 25, 2022 |
| Karak citizens, shopkeepers, and bus owners protest agains the decision to move the main bus station from the city center to the eastern side of the town | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances, Corporatist grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Karak | Jordan | March 7, 2020 |
| Unemployed youth from Karak governorate inaugurates a protest march to the Royal Hashemite Court to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Karak | Jordan | February 21, 2019 |
| Teachers at Dawud Majali Secondary School in Al Qasr stage a sit-in outside the Directorate of Education of Karak to demand to transfer the school principal | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Karak | Jordan | September 15, 2022 |
| Citizens in Karak hold a sit-in to protest against the gas deal brokered by the Jordanian and the Israeli government, demanding the drop of the agreement and the end of the economic cooperation with the Zionist entity | Political Party, CSO, FBO | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Karak | Jordan | January 10, 2021 |
| Workers of the Jordan Phosphate Mines Company stage sit-ins in front of the company's headquarters in Karak, Tafilah, and Ma'an governorates to protest against the transfer of their health insurance to an insurance company | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Karak, Tafilah, Ma'an | Jordan | October 24, 2021 |

