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 551 - 560 of 826
| Title | Actors / Mobilising structures | Cause/ Grievances/ Framing CA | Mode of action | Objective | State response |
Location |
Country | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bus drivers operating the Irbid-Amman route strike to protest against unfair competition | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Irbid, Amman | Jordan | December 22, 2021 |
| Security forces arbitrarily arrested 21 teachers who were heading to the syndicate's branch in Jerash to celebrate Independence Day | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Other | Celebration | Other | Repression | Jerash | Jordan | June 6, 2022 |
| Protesters roadblock in Jerash to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Jerash | Jordan | March 22, 2022 |
| Youth groups organise a sit-in in Jerash in solidarity with Palestine, condemning ongoing Israeli attacks against the Gaza Strip | Collective / Informal group | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | May 12, 2021 |
| Drivers and owners of yellow taxis in Jerash staged a sit-in near the governorate building demanding the suspension of unlicensed applications in the city. | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Cooptation | Jerash | Jordan | December 14, 2022 |
| Citizens in Jerash hold a demonstration in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | February 9, 2021 |
| Dozens of citizens in Jerash protest against the ministerial committee arrived in town to discuss the draft of the new income tax law | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | September 19, 2018 |
| Shopkeepers of Jerash central district hold a demonstration to protest against the municipal decision to pave the area and prevent the entrance of cars | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Corporatist grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | January 10, 2021 |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Jerash 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 | Jerash | Jordan | January 29, 2020 |
| Citizens hold a protest sit-in in front of the Jerash Court to demand the release of the activist Alaa al-Ayasra arrested under the Cybercrime Law | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jerash | Jordan | July 1, 2020 |