1. Gain insights into the principles, dynamics, and market opportunities within the creative economy of tourism, with a focus on how cultural heritage, local arts, and creative ventures can drive sustainable, gender-inclusive island development.
2. Understand the structural, institutional, and practical challenges limiting Maldivian women entrepreneurs, including barriers to capital, geographic fragmentation across atolls, market-entry hurdles, digital gaps, and socio-cultural constraints within the tourism supply chain.
3. Explore the gap between sustainable tourism policy frameworks and grassroots enterprise through case studies, real-world examples, and critical discussions on what prevents women-led creative businesses from scaling and capturing high-value tourism markets.
4. Enhance cross-cultural and regional understanding by engaging with practitioners and scholars on comparative strategies for empowering women entrepreneurs across Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and global tourism-dependent economies.
5. Expand professional and academic networks by connecting with researchers, policymakers, tourism professionals, development practitioners, and creative sector leaders dedicated to gender equality, micro-enterprise growth, and inclusive tourism development.