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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Dozens of young men in Dhiban block roads to protest against their arbitrary dismissal from a state-sponsored archeological project in the area | Workers group: Other | Injustice / Perceived injustice, Access to socio-eco rights: Labour rights | Road blockade, Tire burning | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | July 4, 2021 |
Unemployed youth in Dhiban inaugurate an open-ended sit-in to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Dhiban | Jordan | October 8, 2019 |
Parents of the students of Al-Mansaf Elementary Mixed School in Dhiban stage a sit-in to protest against the delays in opening a tender for the new building of the school, being the old one in critical structural conditions | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | September 9, 2018 |
Parents of the students of Al-Mansaf Elementary Mixed School in Dhiban staged a protest against the poor conditions of the building | Affected group (inc. NIMBY) | Access to socio-eco rights: Basic rights / Services / Infrastructure | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Bargaining | Dhiban | Jordan | December 3, 2018 |
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 |
Dozens of Dhiban activists stage a sit-in to protest against the new Cybercrime Law and demand the immediate release of the citizens detained during the protests of March 13-14 | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...), Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | March 17, 2021 |
Unemployed from Dhiban stage a sit-in outside the local government's building to demand job opportunities | Workers group: Unemployed | Access to socio-eco rights: Social security and protection | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | July 3, 2022 |
Dhiban activists stage a night sit-in to demand comprehensive political and economic reforms and a new political approach to address the crisis | CSO | Policy grievances | Sit-in | Reform (advocating for limited change in political; socio-economic...) | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | July 30, 2021 |
Citizens of Dhiban hold a march in solidarity with the Teachers' Union | Collective / Informal group | Policy grievances, Injustice / Perceived injustice | March | Support of a cause, Protest of a policy / Governmental measure | N/A | Dhiban | Jordan | January 31, 2021 |
Relatives of a person who died during his hospitalisation stage a sit-in outside Dhiban hospital | Collective / Informal group | Corporate grievances | Sit-in | Demands for rights / Services | Repression | Dhiban | Jordan | August 23, 2022 |