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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Protesters demonstrate in Zarqa to protest municipal and governorate councils election results and burn one of the polling stations. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Zarqa | Jordan | March 22, 2022 |
| Protesters roadblock in Tla' el Ali in West Amman to protest municipal and governorate councils election results | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Road blockade | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Amman | Jordan | March 22, 2022 |
| Protesters demonstrate in Al Mafraq to protest municipal and governorate councils election results. | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Demonstration | Revolutionary (seeking radical change across society / political system) | Repression | Mafraq | Jordan | March 22, 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 |
| 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 22, 2022 |
| Activists stage a sit-in in Salt to demand the release of detained activists, economic and political reforms, and constitutional amendments | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Salt | Jordan | March 17, 2022 |
| Security forces prevent families of detained activists to stage a sit-in outside the Ministry of Interior to demand their release | Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | Repression | Amman | Jordan | March 17, 2022 |
| Teachers stage 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 that affect several teachers | Workers group: School teachers / University professors | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 15, 2022 |
| Activists stage a sit-in outside the National Centre for Human Rights in Amman to demand the centre to investigate suspected violations of human rights during the arrest of activists and to demand their release | Political Party, CSO, Clan member | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 14, 2022 |
| Employees of the "Jordanian-Syrian Company for Land Transport" stage a sit-in outside the Parliament to protest against the company's procrastination in paying them thirty-one months of unpaid wages | Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Amman | Jordan | March 13, 2022 |