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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teachers were prevented by security forces from staging a sit-in outside the Ministry of Education in Amman to demand the reinstatement of the dissolved Jordanian Teachers Syndicate and to solve administrative and judicial issues | 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 | Amman | Jordan | March 29, 2022 |
| Unemployed start an open-ended sit-in and burn tires outside Dhiban Province building and organise protest marches from the Mosque to Al-Hurriya Roundabout in Dhiban to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | March, Sit-in, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | Repression, Bargaining | Dhiban | Jordan | March 28, 2022 |
| Renewable energy companies owners stage a sit-in outside the Energy and Minerals Regulatory Commission in Amman to protest against the decision to impose a fee of two dinars per kilowatt of energy produced through housing system | Workers group: Self-employed | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 28, 2022 |
| Unemployed from Ma'an 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 | Ma'an, Amman | Jordan | March 28, 2022 |
| Activists stage a sit-in outside the Governorate building in Zarqa to demand the release of political detainees | Collective / Informal group | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Zarqa | Jordan | March 27, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate in Kerak to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Kerak | Jordan | March 23, 2022 |
| 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 |
| Protesters stage sit-ins outside Ma'an municipality and governorate buildings several days in a row to protest municipal and governorate councils election results | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Ma'an | Jordan | March 23, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate in Jabal Al Taj in Amman to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Amman | Jordan | March 23, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate in Irbid to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Irbid | Jordan | March 23, 2022 |