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 471 - 480 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dozens of Jordanian and Palestinian citizens hold a protest stand in Baqa'a refugee camp rejecting Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Baqa'a refugee camp | Jordan | January 28, 2020 |
| Teachers of the Baqa'a Refugee Camp hold a march in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Baqa’a Refugee Camp | Jordan | March 9, 2021 |
| Working women of the “Classic ready-to-wear” plant in Basira protest against the violation of their labour rights | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Basira | Jordan | February 8, 2020 |
| Residents of Bushra and Sal stage a sit-in to denounce a six-month-long cut-off of water | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Bushra, Sal | Jordan | May 14, 2022 |
| 140 employees of a resort in the Dead Sea area hold a sit-in to protest against the decision of the management to dismiss them from work without paying the due back salaries | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dead Sea | Jordan | November 19, 2018 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Deir Abi Said 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 | Deir Abi Said | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |
| Citizens and CSOs stage a protest in Deir abi Said against the delays in the implementation of the expansion projects for the Irbid-Kura main road and the deteriorating traffic conditions | CSO, Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Deir Abi Said | Jordan | April 27, 2019 |
| Employees of the directorate of the Jordan Valley Authority organise an open sit-in to ask for greater social security indemnities and the thirteenth and fourteenth month | Workers group: Public Sector | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Deir Allah | Jordan | April 11, 2019 |
| Teachers block the desert highway between Aqaba and Amman to demand a 50% salary raise | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Desert highway (Aqaba-Amman) | Jordan | September 5, 2019 |
| Dayr Allah Farmers’ Union hols a protest stand against the government's delays to provide economic helps for the heavy damages provoked by a storm | Workers group: Agriculture workers, Workers group: Union / Syndicate | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Demonstration | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Deyr Allah | Jordan | March 14, 2020 |