Recognizing that women's poverty and lack of empowerment, as well as their marginalization resulting from their exclusion from social policies and from the benefits of sustainable development, can place them at increased risk of violence, and that violence against women impedes the social and economic development of communities and States, as well as the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals,
认识到妇女贫穷，缺乏权力，被排斥在社会政策之外，不能享受可持续发展的种种好处，因而处于边缘地位，所有这些都可能增加妇女遭受暴力侵害的风险，而暴力侵害妇女行为妨碍社区和国家的社会和经济发展，也妨碍包括千年发展目标在内的国际商定发展目标的实现，