They also urged guardians, teachers, journalists, civil society members and Imams to come forward against the eve teasing.

The demand came at a daylong dialogue on 'Face to face dialogue between elder and younger members of the society' organised by National Shishu Taskforce Rajshahi at Shishu Academy auditorium in Rajshahi city yesterday to mark the Child Rights Week.

Dilara Zaman, an under-privileged child of ACD, presented a keynote paper titled 'social movement against eve teasing' in the meeting.

Abinash, an under-privileged child of sweeper community, presented a survey report that found that at least seven adolescent girls committed suicide after they had become serious victims of eve teasing in the recent times across the country.

The culprits were not punished or even arrested, the report added.

Later, an open dialogue was held between the elders and the children with Deputy Director of Social Welfare Department Aftab Uddin Sheikh in the chair.

The female teens said, when a girl becomes a victim of eve teasing, her guardians stopped her education and subjected to early marriage.

In many cases, the humiliated girls commit suicide, they said.

The adolescents urged the government to enact new laws and ensure punishment of the culprits, who tease children and female adolescents.

Only social awareness could resist eve teasing in the society, the speakers said.

In the dialogue, the adolescents vowed to join hands to resist eve teasing from the society.

Rajshahi Union of Journalists President Hassan Millat, Rajshahi Protection Movement Council Convener Jamal Khan, NGO representative Fayzullah Chowdhury, guardians and mosque Imams also attended the dialogue.