Hannah Borboleta is an autonomous feminist midwife from Mexico City and currently head of the midwifery team at Morada Violeta, a feminist midwifery center. She has mentored midwives and has spoken and written about the importance of an autonomous midwifery model of care that places women at the center of decision making. She's a women rights activist and passionate about midwifery and abortion care.
The Virtual International Day of the Midwife (VIDM) is an annual online conference which celebrates the International Day of the Midwife. It is held on or around May 5th each year to be as close to the International Day of the Midwife as possible.
VIDM runs for 24 hours and covers a wide range of subjects with speakers from around the globe. It uses online conferencing software to bring together people who have an interest in childbirth matters – midwives, students and consumers — all completely free.
The conference was first held in 2009 and was organized by a team of two then working at Otago Polytechnic in New Zealand. By 2020, the organizing committee comprised midwives, midwifery academics, and online education professionals from seven countries across four continents.
