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 671 - 680 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Islamic Movement organises a sit-in in Madaba in solidarity with Palestine, amid escalating tensions in the Occupied Territories | Political Party, FBO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | May 10, 2021 |
| A crowd of outraged Madaba citizens violated the curfew overnight to protest the missed distribution of bread by the authorities and tried to storm bakeries | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Demonstration, Other | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Madaba | Jordan | March 24, 2020 |
| A number of taxi and bus drivers working on the Madaba - Ma'in line go on strike to protest against the concurrence of "private buses", judged as unfair | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | November 19, 2018 |
| Nine unemployed start an open-ended sit-in in Madaba to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | January 9, 2022 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a demonstration in Madaba in sustain to King Abdallah II's rejection of Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |
| The traders of Madaba livestock market stage a demonstration to protest the new market site | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | June 10, 2019 |
| Students in the German university stage a sit-in to condemn the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | November 28, 2021 |
| Shop keepers of the Madaba Friday Market staged a protest against the decision of the Municipality to move the market to a new location | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | July 18, 2019 |
| Parents and students of Al-Taym Al-Janoubi School (Madaba) staged a sit-in to protest the poor conditions of the school | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | December 2, 2018 |
| Shops in Madaba governorate closed their doors for the second day in a row, in solidarity with the strike of the public transport sector and trucks. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Support of a cause | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | December 14, 2022 |