Maumoon played a key role in establishing and re‐energising close ties with traditional friends such as India,[4] Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

[5] After her tenure with the UNFPA, in January 2007, Maumoon took up the position of Deputy Minister at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Maumoon was appointed Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, by President Dr. Mohamed Waheed Hassan, in February 2012.

From 2009 to 2012, Maumoon was involved in both DRP and later in the Progressive Party of Maldives (PPM) as Council Member and had a role in the Women's Movements.

She went on to complete a MPhil Degree at the London School of Economic & Political Science (LSE) in 1996, where the focus of her research was “Gender Activism & the Islamic Revival”.