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Fostering Feminist Leadership in the Arts: UrbanApa's Peer Learning Platform

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Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported Top 13% 96/100 · Ask Evidence Copilot about this practice

Since its inception in 2009, UrbanApa has carved out a significant niche within the Finnish arts community as an anti-racist and feminist collective. Operated by the UTT ry association since 2011, this vibrant community has dedicated itself to facilitating a broad spectrum of art

Fostering Feminist Leadership in the Arts: UrbanApa's Peer Learning Platform

Details

Maturity: Established
Promoter: Platform For Feminist Leadership "UrbanApa" — website
Power domain: Social Power
Methods / tools: Awareness-raising, Networking
Region (NUTS): FI1B
Keywords: Feminist Leadership, Arts and Culture, Peer Learning, Inclusive Practices, Structural Critique

Context

UrbanApa is a Finnish anti-racist, feminist arts collective founded in 2009 (run by the UTT ry association since 2011) that fosters feminist leadership through a peer-learning platform and a broad programme of artistic activities.

Implementation

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Data sources

Where this practice's information was retrieved from, and when.

ProPEGE — Equal Leadership catalogue — accessed 2026-06-14
Practice website — accessed 2026-06-14
Promoter website — accessed 2026-06-14

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Quality score: 96/100

How is this calculated?

Evidence: Descriptive / self-reported

Top 13% in this catalogue (719 scored practices)

Scores cluster high, so position within the catalogue is often more telling than the number alone.

Evaluation

Evaluated by ProPEGE consortium (Equal Leadership)

Score profile — the dimensions behind the score — how it's computed

Transferability / replicability2/3

How readily the practice can be replicated or transferred to other contexts (graded 0–3).

Impact on gender equality1/1

Whether the practice demonstrably improved gender-equality outcomes.

Effectiveness1/1

Whether it achieved its intended objectives.

Efficiency1/1

Whether results were achieved at a reasonable cost and effort.

Evaluated outcomes1/1

Whether the outcomes were formally evaluated or measured.

Achievement / evidence1/1

The strength of documented evidence that the practice worked.

Sustainability1/1

Whether the practice is ongoing or has lasting institutional structures.

Gender-mainstreaming embedding1/1

How well gender equality is embedded across strategy, continuity and financing.

Curator validation1/1

The ProPEGE curators' validation of quality, scope and final approval.

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