Kanlıbaeva was the Chairman of the Scientific Council of the Institute of Mining of the Academy of Sciences of the Kazakh SSR, a member of the Academic Council of the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, a member of the Department of Sciences of the Universe and the Earth, and a scientific consultant of the Karagandaugol Combine. She was a Deputy of the Supreme Soviet of the Kazakh SSR of the 7th convocation, for several years she was a member of the board of the All-Union and Republican Societies "Knowledge". From 1968 to 1974 he was a member of the Presidium of the Committee of Soviet Women.
