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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Parents of the Burma district refrain from sending their children to school to protest the decision to transform their village schools into military schools | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Policy grievances | Civil disobedience | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Mansoura | Jordan | March 21, 2019 |
Parents of students staged a sit-in in front of the Jizah Education Directorate building against the decision to feminize Hay Al-Barak School. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Amman | Jordan | September 5, 2021 |
Parents of students in Fatima Al-Zahra and Ali bin Abi Talib schools in Al-Karak governorate stage a sit-in against the Minister of Education’s failure to build new schools. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Karak governorate | Jordan | November 30, 2022 |
Parents in Ma'an governorate refrain from sending their children to school in protest against the failure of delivering water to the area inhabited by thousands of Jordanian citizens. | Students and/or student’s unions and clubs | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Strike / Strike announcement | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Ma'an | Jordan | October 2, 2022 |
Parents and students protest in several localities of the Kingdom against the continuation of the Teachers' strike | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Other | Demonstration | Other | N/A | Jordan | September 17, 2019 | |
Parents and students of Ali Bin Abi Talib and Fatima Al-Zahra Schools in Al-Karak Governorate continue their sit-in for the second day in a row. | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Al-Karak governorate | Jordan | December 1, 2022 |
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 |
Palestinians of the Baqa'a refugee camp hold a march in solidarity with their fellows in the Occupied Territories, amid escalating tensions | Political Party | Regional / Political grievances | March | Support of a cause | N/A | Baqa'a | Jordan | May 11, 2021 |
Owners of tourism and travel companies hand over the keys to their offices to the government to protest against the worsening conditions of the sector triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic and the lack of state solutions and compensations | Workers group: Union / Syndicate, Workers group: Other | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Other | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Amman | Jordan | March 31, 2021 |
Owners of shops and sanitary ware hold a strike in solidarity with the strike of trucks and the public transport sector, to demand a reduction in fuel prices. | Workers group: Other | Policy grievances | Strike / Strike announcement | Support of a cause | N/A | Jordan | Jordan | December 18, 2022 |