Saeda Bilkis Bani Saeda Bilkis Bani is a Programme Manager in the Community Empowerment Programme at Brac. Copyright: Inter Press Service The impact of Covid-19 on child marriage and other gender-based violence 3 January 2021, 18:00 PM I recently visited rural areas of Bangladesh amid the Covid-19 pandemic and returned to Dhaka with a new understanding of the impact that Covid-19 is having on child marriage, a harmful practice that is a global challenge. 3 January 2021, 18:00 PM