SLIIT International Conference on Advancements in Sciences and Humanities [SICASH] 2021
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Publication Embargo The Doctrine of Confidential Information and Privacy in United Kingdom and Sri Lanka(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Mahindagoda, C.BThis paper aims to discuss whether the doctrine of confidential information and privacy in Sri Lanka (SL) & United Kingdom (UK) adequately safeguards individuals. European Convention on Human Rights Article 8 gives effect to the “right to private and family life” with the objective of protecting individuals from unsolicited interference and disturbance to their private life. However, UK who has ratified the ECHR appears to be unenthusiastic and lethargic in incorporating “right to privacy” into their own domestic law, thus the courts are left to interpret it in a favourable manner. Similarly, SL has failed to recognize the “right to privacy” within the fundamental rights chapter of the SL Constitution, even though it has ratified the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) which provides for the right to privacy in Article 17. However, there are cases that demonstrate that the courts have made effort to acknowledge the concept of privacy, granted that the focus has only been in a rather narrow section of the right to privacy.Publication Embargo Issues and Challenges faced by Students from Single-Parent Households in Their Academic Performance at Senior Secondary Level.(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Perera, L. I. SAn increase in single-Parent household is noticeable in the contemporary society. Academic performance of the students living in single-parent households is affected negatively at large. Therefore, this study aims to discover the issues and challenges that single-parented students face in their academic performance at the senior secondary level. A stratified random sampling method was used and the sample size was 100 senior secondary students from singleparent households from the Moratuwa Educational Division. Three self-developed questionnaires were administered to collect data. Secondary data was collected through test scores and school-based assessments. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentage and standard deviation were computed. The main conclusion of the study is that the issues and challenges that singleparented senior secondary students face have adverse effects on their academic performance. If these issues and challenges are addressed accurately and deliberately, the senior secondary students' academic performance can be improved. This study recommends that groundlevel stakeholders like school administration, teachers, welfare societies, and educational counsellors pay their attention and help singleparents and their children to cope with their situations and enhance their academic performance.Publication Embargo Preventing violence against women during COVID-19: A qualitative study done in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Wijesena, V; De Zoysa, P; Iqbal, I; Randombage, Y; Gunasekara, MMany countries, including Sri Lanka, reported an increase in violence against women (VAW) during the lock-down for COVID-19 pandemic. VAW results in not only physical and psychological repercussions, but also inter-generational violence - a vicious cycle. Hence, the objectives of this study were: (i) to increase awareness of VAW and its physical and psychological consequences, (ii) to address masculine norms, and (iii) to spread a clear message of zero tolerance to VAW. The study methodology comprised of creating creative informational posts and videos that addressed the objectives and disseminating these through various social media platforms, in English, Sinhala and Tamil languages. The project gained wide attention and appeared to reach numerous social groups. Several comments were received from organizations and the public on the usefulness of this project. Online conversations too ensued, including those among university students. Furthermore, the results obtained showed that there is an improvement in knowledge and awareness about VAW. To conclude, VAW took place even before the pandemic, but COVID-19 has created even more challenges for women and girls. The project delineated in this paper was able to not only empower women and encourage victims to speak out, but also address and condemn toxic masculine norms that contribute to VAW.Publication Embargo To Comment or Not to Comment: Exploring the Engagement Levels of ESL Learners in Facebook Groups(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Rathnasena, UPhenomenal changes have taken place in English Language Teaching (ELT) in the last few decades. With e -Learning being the norm, Technology has become an integral part of education and Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) has revolutionized human communication. Proving to be a very useful tool with its abundance of input, authentic materials, and interaction opportunities the positive influence of CMC has been documented. Lately, the immense popularity of Social Networking Sites (SNSs) such as Facebook and Twitter have reshaped the pedagogical landscape of ESL as more ESL practitioners are adopting SNSs as learning platforms. Its potential as a learning tool in L2 is being widely researched. Facebook has become the way the 21st century communicates and especially the young adults worldwide whose primary medium of communication is Facebook. The advantage of using Facebook as a tool is its unchallenged popularity and the array of options such as uploading, tagging, comments, personal information sharing, connecting with other users, creating groups with common interests offered. This paper examines the impact a Facebook group has on the engagement levels of a class of young adults in a General English Course at a private institute. In a one-year course, the researcher who is also the teacher created a private Facebook group for the students. Incorporated with the regular classroom activities, the students were assigned scaffolding activities, which could be done online. Further, this paper discusses the levels of engagement and the features of interaction observed in the participants’ Facebook Page behavior. In addition, the study provides insights for ESL practitioners regarding the usage of Facebook activities in order to enhance their learners’ engagement levels.Publication Embargo The Perceptions of University Students on Virtual Learning during Covid-19 Pandemic(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Samarasinghe, T. D; Sellahewa, W. N; Samarasinghe, N. KThe current technological developments permit engagement of numerous ways to design online content. It is crucial to consider the favorites and perceptions of learners while designing the online developments to make the learning effective and efficient. Preference of the learner is related to the readiness or preparedness ss of the student to take part in two-way learning and the causes prompting the readiness for virtual learning. The term ‘perception’ in this study highlights various views and concerns of university students on online learning. Hence, the objective of this study is to investigate the perception on e-learning among university students in Sri Lanka using both undergraduate and Postgraduate students from the Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka (SUSL). Primary data were gathered by distributing a well-structured questionnaire which comprised both open-ended and closed-ended questions. Around 175 questionnaires were sent to both undergraduate students and postgraduate students who are following various courses in SUSL with the help of email and social media platforms and gathered 125 responses that can be used for this study. Convenience sampling techniques have been used to select the sample and gathered data have been analyzed qualitatively following thematic analysis. As the result different perspectives on online learning have been investigated and presented descriptively. This study is relevant for the academics as it facilitates them in gaining an understanding of the university students’ opinions towards online learning in this pandemic situation. Recommended strategies will also be beneficial for academics to make the online sessions effective and interactive.Publication Embargo Relationship between Refractive Index and Compositions of Building Windows Non Float Processed Glasses(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Guruge, M. L; Edirisinghe, P. MRefractive index is one of the physiochemical properties of substances which is mostly used in optical sciences and provides very important information about the behavior of ray of light in various materials. This study was conducted to identify highly associated compositions of building windows non float processed glasses with refractive index and to develop a linear model to represent such relationships. Results of this study will provide a clear indication on how rays of light behave when passing through building windows non float processed glasses according to its composition. For compositions of glass, it was considered elements contained in corresponding oxide other than oxide type. A multiple linear regression model fitted for the data found that only sodium (Na), aluminum (Al), silicon (Si) and calcium (Ca) are highly associated with refractive index of building windows non float processed glasses. There was a strong positive linear relationship between refractive index and calcium (Ca) while a moderately strong negative linear relationship between refractive index and silicon (Si) for building windows’ non float processed glasses. Both sodium (Si) and aluminum (Al) had weak negative linear relationships with refractive index.Publication Embargo Prospective Teachers’ Understanding of Active Learning(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Mallawa, M. V. KThe pre-service teacher education programme in national Colleges of Education in Sri Lanka has been facing a challenge to transform traditional didactic instructional process to a more learner-centred direction. The purpose of this study was to find out the prospective science teachers’ understanding about the active learning and how their understanding change as they complete a two-year institutional training period. 77 science prospective teachers were randomly selected from a population in the academic year 2017/2019. Data were collected using the open-ended questionnaire, informal discussions, and written documents. Results showed that at the beginning, prospective teachers explained active learning in various ways and were unable to give a clear definition. Majority of them learnt as passive learners in the secondary level classes and thought development of subject matter knowledge through group activities is the way of active learning. When they followed the preservice curriculum engaging learner-centred activities, laboratory work, field trips and teaching practice they experienced learning theories and teaching-learning methodologies and gradually developed the understanding of active learning. There were no observable changes in the middle of second year. Prospective teachers, further equipped with good knowledge and practicalities on active learning showed a gradual transformation in their understanding.Publication Embargo Compulsory Licence a Myth or Reality; Analysis through Experiences of India and Sri Lanka during the COVID-19 Pandemic(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Adikari, CThe Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) provides compulsory license as one of the exceptions for patented pharmaceuticals. The issue is whether compulsory license is an effective solution for low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in responding to a global health pandemic like COVID-19 since all countries are not homogeneous. Most of the LMICs are countries that have low or no manufacturing capacities. Further, due to fear of granting a compulsory license, most of the pharmaceutical products have not been patented in LMICs. Hence, when there are no operating patents in the own jurisdiction of LMICs, they are unable to proceed with generic drug productions by using a compulsory license. This doctrinal research reveals that the existing social economic legal and political disparities of LMICs have exaggerated the inability of realising compulsory license as an effective solution during the COVID-19 pandemic. Therefore, the global community is currently considering several alternatives like COVID-19 Technology Access Pool (C-TAP), and TRIPS waiver proposals to remove barriers associated with LMICs in realising compulsory license in midst of a global health pandemic. Global initiatives like C-TAP and TRIPS waiver proposals can be appreciated as timely efforts for reducing disparities in realisation of compulsory license by LMICs in responding global health pandemic of COVID-19.Publication Embargo The Relationship between Unexplained Infertility and Sedentary Lifestyle among Women in the Urban City of Colombo: Infertile Females Vs. Fertile Females(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Manike, M. M. V. K; Darshika, P; Karunarathne, H. P. P. M; Priyadarshanie, M. N; Fernandopulle, R. CInfertility is defined as the absence of conception after 12 months of regular, unprotected intercourse. The objective of this study was to identify the relationship between unexplained infertility and sedentary lifestyle. A case-control study was conducted among 250 women (18 – 32 years) , who were clinically diagnosed with infertility and fulfilled the inclusion criteria at Infertility clinics and Gynaecology wards at 3 hospitals in Colombo district. Required data were obtained from an International Physical Activity Questionnaire. Significant positive Association (P<0.05) were explored between the obesity category and female infertility. There was a significant influence of over fat (30.4%) level measured using SFT for female infertility. A significant positive correlation (P<0.01) was emphasized between low levels of IPAQ score (36.4%) and female infertility. Women aged ≥28 years, sedentary occupations and age at menarche were found to be associated with infertility (P<0.01). Sedentary life style behaviour among women in reproductive age, living in urban city of Colombo was found to be associated with female infertility.Publication Embargo A Trend Towards "Due Diligence Law": Curbing the Corporate Impunity(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Dawood, SCorporate must respect human rights wherever they operate. This has been a long-standing debate to include human rights elements in businesses, to control corporate freedom in countries hosting foreign investments. For this, several attempts were made to bring a multilateral agreement at the international level, as well as some developed states introduced draft legislation to regulate their subsidiaries abroad, none of which were adopted for various reasons. Nevertheless, the argument on human rights is consistent. Consequently, the soft law; voluntary standards developed by international organisations, was adopted as internal corporate policies. Recent evidence of human rights violations in some developing countries raises the question of the adequacy of existing voluntary standards as they are most impacted in subsidiaries supply chain/ activities. The due diligence test focuses on the role of corporations to uphold best business practices, and it ensures a duty of care when large corporations do business without a strong mechanism to ensure their accountability in the event of failure. A handful of developed states – France, Germany, the Netherlands and the European Union - have enacted legislation to combat corporate freedom and take responsibility for human rights abuses in their subsidiaries, subcontractors or supply chains. This paper provides a comparative analysis of such recent laws on duty on Due Diligence and studies how they regulate human rights and business. The paper adopts doctrinal analysis that combines descriptive and analytical approaches and concludes that if the laws are effectively enforced, the corporations would be held accountable for their human rights violations by the court of the country where parent corporations are located.Publication Embargo Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Adults’ Recollections of Others’ Reactions to Their Early Gender Non-conformity(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Munasinghe, K; Marecek, JGlobally, gender non-conforming (GNC) behaviours are identified as one of the earliest precursors of same sex orientation. The role of reactions by key persons such as parents, teachers and peers to such behaviours is crucial to sexual identity development. In Sri Lanka, there are currently no scholarly data on LGB adults’ recollections of their early experiences, particularly those involving how others reacted to their early GNC and gender atypical behaviours. Through narratives, this exploratory research paper addresses this gap by presenting how 26 LGB adults recalled the manner in which their parents, teachers, and peers responded to their gender-atypical and gender non-conforming behaviours during childhood and adolescence. A participant-focused thematic analysis highlighted the following findings: permissiveness of adults towards childhood gender non-conformity for both boys and girls; how adults’ attitudes shifted during adolescence to be more regulatory; and how adolescent girls and boys recalled experientially different reactions to their GNC behaviours by their peers. These results suggest the nuances of recollections growing up as GNC children and adolescents, and the impact these experiences had on the acceptance of a sexual identity. Future research could begin by observing actual gender nonconformity and gender atypical behaviours in children and adolescence.Publication Embargo The effect of different ethylene concentrations on different maturity stages on the postharvest quality of Cavendish banana (Musa acuminate) cultivar, ‘Grande Naine’(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Subasinghe, S. M. J. C; Kodithuwakkuge, V. N; Attanayake, U; Wasala, W. M. C. B; Dammullage, I; Beneragama, C. KBanana is one of the most cultivated fruit crops in Sri Lanka and 5% of total production is exported. Due to a lack of knowledge on harvesting maturity, artificial ripening and other postharvest technologies, 20% of the yield is lost during the post-harvest handling of banana. This study was conducted to examine the effect of application of different ethylene concentrations at different maturity stages on postharvest quality of Cavendish banana (Musa acuminate) cultivar ‘Grande Naine’ under tropical climate conditions. Mature bananas combs (hands) at twelve weeks, thirteen weeks and fourteen weeks after flowering were exposed to 0, 85 and 170 ppb of ethylene gas for 24 hours at 24 ˚C and under 75% RH. Different physicochemical properties were obtained and analyzed statistically. There was a significant interaction effect between the maturity stage and ethylene concentration on weight loss, TSS and pH at the table-ripe stage. The fruits lost weight steadily down to 8.5%, possibly because of the rapid rates of metabolism as well as water loss. Meanwhile, TSS increased from 4% to 20% and pH decreased gradually with the ripening of banana. The results revealed that the best stage of maturity for harvesting Cavendish bananas is at 11-12 weeks after flowering for improved physicochemical and sensory properties at the table ripe stage. Further, it can be concluded that the use of ethylene concentration of 85 ppb for ripening Cavendish banana instead of the higher concentrations that are commercially applied, would be cost-effective without decreasing the fruit quality.Publication Embargo Synthesis of Amine Functionalized Silica- Cu4O3 Adsorbent from Rice Husk for Efficient Removal of Crystal Violet from Aqueous Solution(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Usgodaarachchi, L.; Thambiliyagodage, C; Angappan, SSilica based Nano adsorbent (SCN) synthesized using rice husk as the raw material via sol- gel pathway. Silica nanoparticles were successfully functionalized with 3-aminopropyl triethoxysilane (APTES) via in-situ functionalization method. Synthesized nanoparticles were characterized by XRD and FT-IR. The equilibrium adsorption capacity of 0.02g of SCN to adsorb 10 mg/L crystal violet (CV) was 20.09 mg/g. The influence of pH, adsorbent dosage, and initial CV concentration on adsorption of CV to SCN were studied. The equilibrium data for CV adsorption on SCN well fitted to Freundlich model, with a Freundlich adsorption capacity of 8.23 mg g-1. The adsorption of CV could be best described by the pseudosecond order model with 0.99 linier regression coefficient.Publication Embargo Impact of Social Media on AL Students’ Academic Performance in International Schools(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Shariffdeen, F. SSocial media has been a powerful source among students as an agent of socialization. It is hypothesized that there is a direct relationship between social media usage and the academic performance of students in schools. Hence, the main aim of this study is to investigate the impact of social media on AL students’ academic performance in international schools. A quantitative research approach was used. The study involved a hundred year 12 students selected from five leading international schools from Colombo using the systematic sampling technique. A survey research design was executed, and a questionnaire was administered to collect the data. Descriptive statistics such as frequency counts, percentage and mean were used to analyze data. The findings of the study showed that apart from the benefits of using social media, most of the AL students spend more time on these sites for chatting, watching movies, and playing video games instead of focusing on their studies which have negatively affected their academic performance. The study also revealed that cyberbullying and privacy issues were the main problems caused by using social network sites for these individuals, which has not only affected their academic life but also their mental and physical health. Hence, it is necessary to approach adolescents to the use of social networks with ultimate responsibility.Publication Embargo Development and Validation of a Scale: Assessing Secondary School Students’ Pro-Environmental Behviour and Attitudes(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Alwis, R. De; Perera, C; Keppetigoda, DThe main purpose of this study is to develop and validate an instrument to assess levels of Pro Environmental Behavior and Attitudes (PEB) of grade 8 and 10 students in the Sri Lankan context. First, related previous studies and related scales were studied and an item pool was established. Relevant common items were identified in different scales and some items were moderated or redesigned to make them more suitable for grade 8 and 10 students in the Sri Lankan context. The first draft of the questionnaire containing 45 items was reviewed by a panel of experts and according to the expert recommendation, 5 items were eliminated. The final questionnaire was based on a five-point Likert scale (Strongly disagree - 1 to Strongly agree - 5) was administered to a randomly selected 972 (529 male and 443 female) students. Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) with varimax rotation were used. Adequacy of sample size for EFA was tested by the Kaiser-Meyer- Olkin (KMO) and Barlett Sphericity tests (0.714). Reliability analysis was done using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient (0.894) for the whole scale. The final version of the scale contained 32 items that explain 49.7 of total variance with six factors (i.e., Household behavior - 8 items; Civic action - 5 items; Recycling behavior - 6 items; Environmental Sensitivity-5 items; Environmental Awareness - 4 items and Environmental values - 4 items). The final scale consists of 32 items proved to be a reliable and valid instrument for assessing attitudes and behavior of junior secondary students in the Sri Lankan context.Publication Embargo Assessment of Drought Tolerance Ability of Selected Finger Millet Varieties in Sri Lanka(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Thakshila, G. P. G. I; Gimhani, D. R; Koodalugodaarachchi, VFinger millet (Eleusine coracana (L.) Gaertnis is a highly nutritious cereal crop widely cultivated in Sri Lanka. Drought is a major abiotic stress which leads to limit plant’s growth and productivity. Two cultivated finger millet varieties (Rawana and Oshada) and three promising accessions (ACC: 7090, ACC: 7088, and ACC: 12415) were screened in a poly-house for drought tolerance using morpho-physiological traits and assessed using 5 selected Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) markers (UGEP3, UGEP10, UGEP24, UGEP60, and UGEP78). Drought response was assessed using 9 morpho-physiological parameters. Through parallel analysis with control plants, it indicated that the variety Oshada performed effectively under drought stress compared to the other genotypes while Rawana indicated more sensitiveness to water withholding. DNA from each finger millet genotypes was amplified using selected SSR markers separately. Even though all five selected SSR markers exhibited comparatively higher polymorphism among the finger millet genotypes in previous studies, none of the markers showed the presence of polymorphism in the narrow genetic variation among the studied five genotypes. Interrelationships among the different agronomic traits measured were studied using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). PCA revealed that shoot dry weight (SDW), shoot fresh weight (SFW), shoot length (SL) and root dry weight (RDW) have contributed to the two principal components collectively. Hence, these traits can be effectively used in breeding programmes to generate variability. Furthermore, studies should be conducted with a greater number of SSR markers in order to have an in-depth assessment of genetic variability in the cultivated finger millet genotypes.Publication Embargo A Health Risk Assessment of Soft Drinks According to Limits of the American Heart Association(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Ruhunuge, I. J. A; Wijeratne, A.W; Ruhunuge, R.D. RThere is a growing trend in soft drinks consumption by young adults in Sri Lanka. However, the excessive added sugar in instant drinks results in health risks. Moreover, the upper and lower exposure limits of added sugar in soft drinks have not been scientifically assessed in comparison to the accepted limits of the American Heart Association (AHA). Thus, this study identifies the maximum and minimum exposure levels to added sugar from soft drinks within the accepted limits of AHA. According to AHA the maximum daily exposure to added sugar through soft drinks is 2.93 g/day for females and 4.23 g/day for males. This study consists of an online survey and a laboratory analysis. Stratified random sampling was employed in the selection of respondents for the study. Seven soft drinks were randomly purchased at the local market; the total and reducing sugar content were analyzed by the Lane-Eynon method. The results showed the male exposure range was 0.8 to 7 g/day whereas females were 0.8 to 12 g/day. In this population about 10% of women and 3% of men are at the risk from minimum exposure level while 51% of women and 22% of men are at risk from maximum exposure level. This selected population's exposure range is from 0.8 to 12 g/day of an overall value of 42% of people of the study. According to the results, there is a potential risk for enamel erosion because the observed pH levels were considerably below the threshold level of 5.5. To avoid the negative cumulative effects of added sugar on the body, it is preferable to teach young adults to be aware of excessive added sugar from fast drinks.Publication Embargo Vaccination Policies: A Contemporary Threat to Human Rights?(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Witharana, S. YThe Coronavirus commonly referred as Covid-19 swept the world in 2019. As the disease was declared a pandemic, the world needed to develop vaccines to battle Covid- 19 in order to mitigate the rapid spread of its infection. States including Sri Lanka immediately enforced quarantine laws as they enforced special measures prioritizing health and safety of their citizens. Enforcement of vaccination policies was prominent in such special measures implemented by the states. The two of the foremost concerns which arose from the enforced vaccination policies were the vaccine hesitancy and equal distribution of the vaccine and in light of human rights. This research attempts to analyse those two concerns against human rights as to its success in striking a balance between the protection of human rights and safeguarding public health. The approach taken for this research will be qualitative and librarybased. The research will be concluded by analyzing the consistency of the enforced vaccination policies in Sri Lanka with human rights and the extent to which the policies could be justified by law by the application of the proportionality test.Publication Embargo Needs Analysis in English for Specific Purposes (ESP): A Case Study of Human Resources Management (HRM) Undergraduates(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Ijlal, INeeds analysis plays a prominent role in designing curriculum, syllabus, and teaching and learning materials. The aim of this research was to define the English language needs of Business Management undergraduates (n = 124) who are specializing in Human Resources Management (HRM). The data for this survey were collected utilizing a survey questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data gathered from the questionnaire were analyzed using SPSS whereas the qualitative data from the interviews were analyzed thematically. Results indicated that all the participants have understood the need of English in their academic and professional lives. Speaking was identified as the most important, yet the most challenging skill by most of the participants. Moreover, results showed that most of them possess adequate English knowledge. Though they identified the importance of English, 33.1% of the participants indicated that they can spend less than two hours per day to learn English. 56.5% of the participants were interested in learning advanced business English. Based on these findings, it can be concluded that analyzing learners’ needs specially before designing ESP curriculum is very essential. The data obtained from this research are of relevance to researchers, instructors, and course designers to conduct future studies.Publication Embargo The Role of Poetry in Bringing out Sexual Diversity and Gender Construction(Faculty of Humanities and Sciences,SLIIT, 2021-09-25) Indrachapa, UThe paper focuses on the role of poetry in bringing out sexual diversity and gender construction. Furthermore, the paper discusses how trans poets use poetry to form the trans identity while female poets and male poets use poetry to construct female gender identity. The objective of this study is to explore the way these poets employ gender, body, power and identity politics to contest the normative and dominant ideologies centered around them in the society. The data for the study is based on the selected poems about women by three poets, Carol Ann Duffy, Lakdas Wikkramasinha and Sylvia Plath and trans poets, Lee Mokobe and Shilok Mukkati. In order to portray how poetry supports in the construction of gender in detail, poets from different backgrounds have been selected. Trans theory has been used as a theoretical basis to give a detailed analysis of trans gender poetry. At the same time, feminist theory is used to analyze poems written on women. Incorporating these theories, this study demonstrates that the trans poets and other poets who have written about women are successful in constructing gender identity by using the so-called politics to contest the hegemonic and normative norms and ideologies.