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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNRWA employees stage sit-ins outside UNRWA offices in UNRWA camps in Jordan to protest against the decision of the administration to force them to take four-month-long unpaid leave | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | November 8, 2021 | |
| Careem and Uber drivers inaugurate an open-ended partial strike of eight hours per day to protest against the exclusion of smart application drivers from the government measure reducing the licensing fees for public transport vehicles by 30% | Workers group: Self-employed | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Strike / Strike announcement | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Jordan | August 29, 2021 | |
| A fierce protest wave erupted on a national scale to protest against the government management of the Covid-19 crisis and its socio-economic backlashes | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection, Corruption and/ or lack of accountability | Demonstration, Sit-in, Road blockade | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | Repression | Jordan | March 14, 2021 | |
| Hundreds of citizens hold a protest stand in Kafr Soum to reject Donald Trump's "Deal of the Century" | Collective / Informal group, Political Party, CSO | Regional / Political grievances | Sit-in | Support of a cause | N/A | Kafr Soum | Jordan | January 31, 2020 |
| Owners of quarries and truck drivers stage a sit-in to protest the closure of the Adassiyah quarry | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Adassiyah | Jordan | August 23, 2022 |
| Unemployed people in the town of Adhruh, Ma'an governorate, continue their sit-in in front of the commercial market, for the third day in a row to demand decent job opportunities. | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Adhruh | Jordan | October 10, 2022 |
| Sit-in in Agareb to demand the truth about the death of one of the protester who died during a demonstration against the decision of the Ministry of Environment to reopen the El Guenna landfill | Collective / Informal group | Access to socio-eco rights: Freedom of expression and assembly | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Agareb | Jordan | November 22, 2021 |
| Working women of the Zamaleyah clothing factory stage a sit-in in front of the plant to ask for its reopening | Workers group: Other | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Other | N/A | Aghwar Shamaliyah | Jordan | July 11, 2020 |
| 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 |
| Unemployed in Aima start a hunger strike to protest the authorities' failure to address their demands for job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Hunger Strike | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Aima | Jordan | August 14, 2022 |