Manique has been with the EFC since 2001 and is a promoter of inclusive economic development and creating long term sustainable employment and livelihoods for persons with disabilities. She is involved in advocacy and lobbying for the recognition and wellbeing of persons with disabilities. Manique has received numerous awards from local and international agencies including the “Keerthisri Lankabhimani Deshabandu” award in 2014.

She is an International Trainer in CISCO qualifications and a Supported Employment Officer qualified from the Northern Ireland Union of Supported Employment. She has followed courses in Information and Communication Technology from the Tokyo Computer School for the Blind – Japan and All India Confederation of the Blind – India. She has also followed programmes on Training of Trainers in Information and Communication Technology for Vision Impaired Persons of the Asia Pacific Development Centre on Disability, Thailand, JAVA Application Development from the University of Colombo, School of Computing and Digital Accessible Information System (DAISY) from the University of Sri Jayawardenapura. 

Manique functions as an Executive Committee Member of the Asia Pacific Women with Disability United, Vice Chair Person of the South Asian Disability Forum, Advisory Board Member of the 18+ Alliance for Care Leavers (SOS Children’s Village), Vice President of the Sri Lanka Foundation for Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Member of the Expert Body of the Sub Committee on Persons with Disabilities of the Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka and Resource Person of the Beyond the Reach Project of Internet Society Sri Lanka Chapter.