the Policy. The Guidelines, which are awaiting to be approved by the relevant authorities, strives to ensure that a child will be back to school after two years after giving birth; whereby she will be provided with appropriate counseling services to assist her manage to cope with the roles of child-mother as well as a pupil, altogether. 211. Administratively, in 2014 the State Party launched the “Child Marriage-Free Zone” campaign, which is a national ending child marriage campaign whose focus is to scale up collaborative efforts to ending child marriage in Tanzania. This campaign is in line with African Union’s campaign launched in May 2014. In Tanzania the campaign has started in Tarime District, Mara Region. Nationally the Campaign was launched in August 2014 in Dar es Salaam and localised in Tarime in October 2014 as part of the International Day of the Girl Child celebration. The Campaign has drawn up people from different spheres of the community including adolescent girls and boys, young people, local and national government authorities, traditional and religious leaders and the community at large. 212. In Zanzibar the State Party is in the process of reviewing the Marriage (Solemnisation and Registration) Decree,72 to impose an obligation on couples to enter in marriage contracts/agreements outlining duties during marriage and in the event of its dissolution. Zanzibar is also reviewing the Succession Decree 73, a colonial piece of legislation which is outdated, to ensure that succession procedures to be followed by courts of laws are clearly set out and properly adhered to. The objective is to develop rules of procedure that smoothen succession proceedings in courts. 213. In its legal system, the State Party ensures that those customary laws which contradict with the constitution and formal legal provisions are invalid to the extent of the inconsistence.74The Committee also called upon the State Party to implement measures aimed at eliminating polygamy, as called for in the Committee’s general recommendation No. 21 on equality in marriage and family relation. The State Party has addressed this matter through the ongoing constitutional review and making process, whereby its citizens aired their recommendations on a number of issues including; customary law and marriage rights, to be incorporated in the envisaged new constitution. Such matters include the status of customary law and marriage rights. (iii) Measures to Prevent and Combat female genital mutilation (Article 21.1(a)) 214. The State Party has undertaken a number of measures, including legislation, to accelerate the ending of harmful traditional practices and stereotypes that discriminate against women, in conformity with Articles 2(f) and 5(a) of the Convention. In particular The State Party has enacted specific policies and laws addressing the issue of sex role stereotyping and prejudice. In addition, the Penal Code was amended to criminalise FGM in line with the Sexual Offences Special Provision Act (SOSPA), Act no. 4, 1998 which protects girls under the age of 18 from FGM. The SOSPA however has been noted not to protect women above 18 from FGM. There are various strategies established by the State Party geared towards curbing harmful traditional and negative cultural practices, including: (a) the National Plan of Action for Prevention and Eradication of Violence against Women and Children (2001-2015); (b) the National Plan of Action for Prevention and Eradication of Female Genital Mutilation 20012015; (c) the National Community Sensitization Strategy to Prevent and Respond to Gender-based Violence; 72 Cap. 92 of the Laws of Zanzibar. Cap. 21 of the Laws of Zanzibar. 73 74 Cf: Elizabeth Stephen & Another v AG High Court of Tanzania at Dar es Salaam, Misc. Civil Cause No. 82 of 2005 (unreported). 60