'1 is 2 Many': David Beckham and Jeremy Lin join Obama in ad campaign to speak out against violence towards women



The President and Vice President of the United States have teamed up with top sports figures to launch a campaign against dating violence called '1 Is 2 Many'.

Soccer player David Beckham, New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin and Giants quarterback Eli Manning are just some of the sports men to lend their faces to the campaign, which is targeted at young men for whom the athletes would be seen as heroes.



The campaign was launched by Joe Biden last year after it was announced that one in ten teens was hurt by a date in 2011.

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Campaign: Soccer star David Beckham puts his global celebrity status to good use as he appears in a campaign for violence against women

Sporting heroes: New York Knicks star Jeremy Lin joins the other top athletes to advise against violence against women for the campaign 1 Is 2 Many

In the short video, President Barack Obama says: 'Dating violence hurts all of us, so step up and help end it, because one is too many.'

Women aged 16 to 24 currently experience the highest rates of violence at the hands of someone they know.

The target audience is men of the same age group.



In the public service announcement, prominent athletes urge men never to strike a woman.

'Violence against women hurts all of us,' says former New York Yankees and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre, recalling his own experience as a boy.

'Growing up I was afraid and ashamed of my father when he abused my mom.'

President Obama says in the video: 'Dating violence hurts all of us, so step up and help end it, because one is too many.'

Instigator: Vice President Joe Biden launched the campaign last year after it was announced that one in ten teens was hurt by a date in 2011

Famous faces: New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning also appears in the video, which will be televised this summer on sports-oriented programs on the ESPN, Fox Sports, MLB and NFL networks

Los Angeles Dodgers manager Joe Torre said: 'Violence against women hurts all of us,' says former New York Yankees and recalling his own experience as a boy. 'Growing up I was afraid and ashamed of my father when he abused my mom'

The announcement will be televised this summer on sports-oriented programs on the ESPN, Fox Sports, MLB and NFL networks.



Among those featured are, international soccer star David Beckham, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, Houston Rockets' latest signing Jeremy Lin, baseball's Evan Longoria of the Tampa Bay Rays and Jimmy Rollins of the Philadelphia Phillies.

'The worst abuse of power is when a man raises a hand to hurt a woman,' Biden says. 'We all have to take responsibility. So if you see someone threatening a woman, step up, speak out and get help.

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