49. Moreover, the Committee advises the government to ensure that the design and implementation of policies and strategies against corporal punishment of children are inclusive and participatory; involving and participating all stakeholders, including children. I. Protection against Harmful Social and Cultural Practices 50. The committee notes with appreciation that the state party has laws and policies against Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), including Article 299 of the 1965 Penal Code, as amended in January 1999. The Committee also welcomes the State Party as it has developed training tools for the medical management of FGM, particularly training modules for the Management of Victims of Trauma from Gender Based Violence, including FGM, and an FGM Image Box. 51. The Committee, however remains concerned that there appears to be weak law enforcement and few cases have been brought to court. The Committee also informed that changes to FGM practices have taken place to avoid prosecution, including crossing borders. Further, the Committee learns that FGM is highly prevalent in some regions of the Country, mostly in the southeastern region of Tambacounda, Kolda and Matam, the eastern region of Kédougou and the southern region of Sédhiou. 52. Thus, the Committee recommends the Government to adopt and advance practical strategies towards the reduction and elimination of all forms of FGM, such as prosecution of perpetrators, and social education program to ensure a societal change and shift in values, with a particular focus in the high prevalence regions. The Committee also calls up on the government to ensure that all victims of FGM have access to social, medical, psychological and rehabilitative services and legal redress. Further, the Committee would like to request the Government to make sure that the law against FGM address movement across national borders and criminalise and punish the performance and procurement of all cross-border FGM. The Committee also wishes to advise the Government to revise and further strengthened Article 299 of the 1965 Penal Code, as amended in January 1999, to addresses the failure to specifically report knowledge of FGM, whether planned or already taken place. 53. The Committee encourages the State Party to develop an Action Plan for implementing the African Union Campaign to End Child Marriage in Africa as mentioned in the report. The Committee would also like to requests the State Party to amend article 111 of the Family Code and to hasten the adoption of the draft Children’s Code to raise the minimum age for marriage to 18 for both boys and girls, and to take intensive measures to sensitize 16