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 |
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Unemployed from Malih stage an open-ended sit-in on telecommunication towers to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Procedural action | Malih | Jordan | September 17, 2022 |
Unemployed in Malih continue their sit-in that started more than a week ago to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Malih | Jordan | December 13, 2021 |
Unemployed march in Malih to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Malih | Jordan | October 8, 2021 |
Unemployed in Malih continue their sit-in for the thirty-third day in a row to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Malih | Jordan | December 19, 2021 |
Dozens of "Yellow Taxi" drivers of the Mafraq governorate stage a sit-in against the concurrence of ride-hailing apps, demanding protective measures | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Bargaining | Mafraq | Jordan | September 23, 2018 |
Livestock breeders in the Mafraq governorate stage a sit-in inside the market to demand Mafraq Agriculture Directorate and the Ministry of Agriculture fair compensations for their sheeps that died | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Mafraq | Jordan | January 20, 2022 |
Agriculture workers in Mafraq governorate stage a sit-in and strike to demand their dues | Workers group: Agriculture workers | Corporate grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in, Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Mafraq | Jordan | March 2, 2022 |
Dozens of citizens of the Mafraq governorate hold a demonstration against the new draft income tax law near al-Bayt University, where the ministerial team was holding a meeting to discuss the draft | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mafraq | Jordan | September 17, 2018 |
Bus drivers in Mafraq start an open-ended sit-in over the decision to move their bus stops from Mujama' al Safriyat to Mujama' al Jadid | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mafraq | Jordan | September 9, 2021 |
Security forces arrested 15 teachers who were heading towards the Education Directorate in Mafraq to stage a sit-in to demand a resolution to the issue of suspended teachers, and to demand the reinstatement of their dissolved syndicate | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Mafraq | Jordan | June 21, 2022 |