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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drivers working on smart transportation applications (Uber, Careem, and Jenny) went on strike in Zarqa and As-Salt governorates, in solidarity with the strike of trucks and public transport. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa, As-Salt governorate | Jordan | December 11, 2022 |
| Dozens of Palestinians participate to a protest sit-in Zarqa refugee camp 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 | Zarqa refugee camp | Jordan | February 12, 2020 |
| Activists from the Bani Hassan movement carried out a sit-in in Zarqa Governorate, to demand the release of political detainees. | Political Party | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarqa Governorate | Jordan | December 25, 2022 |
| Activists of the Political Gathering of the Bani Hassan Tribe stage a sit-in in Zarqa to demand the release of the activist and clan member Malek al-Mashqabeh | CSO, Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 13, 2020 |
| Coffee shop owners stage a protest in Zarqa to protest against Covid-19 restrictions to their activities | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure, Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 24, 2021 |
| After Friday prayer, hundreds of citizens hold a protest rally in Zarqa rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 14, 2020 |
| Activists of the Bani Hassan tribe stage a sit-in in Zarqa to demand a new political approach | Clan member | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | November 20, 2021 |
| Dozens of citizens hold a solidarity demonstration in Zarqa with the Palestinian cause, 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 | Zarqa | Jordan | February 8, 2020 |
| After Friday prayer, hundreds of citizens rally in Zarqa to reject Donald Trumps' "Deal of the Century" | Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | February 21, 2020 |
| Hundreds of citizens demonstrate in Zarqa in solidarity with Palestine, following the escalation of tensions in the Occupied Territories around the access to Al-Aqsa Mosque and a wave of evictions in the neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah | Collective / Informal group, Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Demonstration | Support of a cause | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | May 7, 2021 |