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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hundreds of protesters march in downtown Amman after parties called for a demonstration to denounce the increase in prices, to demand reforms and to criticise the arrest of opponents | Political Party | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | March | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | June 10, 2022 | |
| Jordanian massively use the hashtag "The water of the enemy is occupation" on Twitter to condemn the agreement signed between Jordan, Israel and the United Arab Emirates to swap solar energy and desalinated water. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Regional / Political grievances | Online campaign | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | November 23, 2021 | |
| Engineers working at the Ministry of Education inaugurate an open-ended strike to obtain a 150% salary raise and equal labor treatment with the rest of the engineers employed in the public sector | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Jordan | October 14, 2018 | |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Kafr Soum to reject Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Kafr Soum | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |
| Owners of quarries and truck drivers stage a sit-in to protest the closure of the Adassiyah quarry | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Adassiyah | Jordan | August 23, 2022 |
| Unemployed people in the town of Adhruh, Ma'an governorate, continue their sit-in in front of the commercial market, for the third day in a row to demand decent job opportunities. | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Adhruh | Jordan | October 10, 2022 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |