Two women who’ve used music to empower women talk to Kim Chakanetsa about writing a song that becomes a rallying cry around the world.

Madame Gandhi is a percussionist, producer and activist who has drummed for M.I.A and toured with Oprah. Her musical catalogue doubles as a manifesto for gender equality.

Sibila Sotomayor is part of LasTesis - a collective of four female artists in Chile who wrote the song, A Rapist in Your Path. Within a few weeks of its first performance it was replicated hundreds of times around the world, and videos of flashmob performances from Turkey to Venezuela have gone viral.

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L: Sibila Sotomayor (credit: Sibila Sotomayor)
R: Madame Gandhi (credit: Djeneba Aduayom)