 Manorama has dedicated her life to battling a host of interconnected issues related to oppressions arising from caste, gender and class hierarchies.Among the issues she has fought for are the rights of domestic workers and the unorganised labour sector, slum dwellers, Dalits, and for the empowerment of marginalised women.She works at both the grassroots level as well as focuses on mass mobilisation and advocacy at the international level.