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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| The doctors of the emergency department of the al-Nadim Hospital go on strike to demand an increase of the medical staff for the Eid period | Workers group: Healthcare workers | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | August 7, 2019 |
| Shops owners in Madaba's touristic street start an open-ended strike to protest against tourist guides who often advise tourists to no buy in their shops, and demand the intervention of the Ministry of Tourism | Workers group: Self-employed | Corporatist grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Madaba | Jordan | September 6, 2022 |
| Unemployed in Madaba march towards the Royal Hashemite Court to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Madaba | Jordan | December 22, 2021 |