1 is 2 Many
Convened by the US Office of the Vice President (Vice President Joe Biden) · launched 2011, active through the Obama Administration (~2011–2016)
Summary
“1 is 2 Many” (styled 1is2many) was a US federal initiative launched by Vice President Joe Biden in September 2011 to reduce dating violence and sexual assault among teens and young adults. Its name reflects the data driving it: women between the ages of 16 and 24 experience the highest rates of relationship violence, and Biden framed even a single case as one too many. The initiative used technology, public-service announcements, and outreach to engage young women and young men in preventing violence in the places they live, work, study, and socialise, while also acknowledging male survivors.
As its technology arm, 1 is 2 Many launched the Apps Against Abuse challenge in July 2011 — a national developer contest, run with the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and HHS — that produced winning apps to help young people quickly reach trusted friends and call for help. The effort sat alongside broader Administration work on the same problem, including the 2014 White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault and its companion “Not Alone” initiative.
Connections
- AddressesSexual Violence
- AddressesIntimate Partner Violence
- LaunchedApps Against Abuse Challenge
- PromotesBystander Intervention