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Contact: Mona Kafeel – TMWF CEO   469-467-6241 #103  Mkafeel@tmwf.org  TMWF Statement   August 29, 2024  Plano, Texas – Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation (TMWF) is saddened by the tremendous loss of a young woman. Andrea Rodriguez Avila, a Rice University Student in Houston, became a victim of murder-suicide, losing her life to gun violence at the hands of her intimate partner / boyfriend. In Texas there are over 200 domestic violence homicides every year, according to the

Plano, Texas – Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation (TMWF) is elated to see justicepreserved in today’s nearly unanimous 8-1 Supreme Court Ruling upholdingfederal law on restricting gun ownership to Domestic Violence abusers underprotective order. Since 2023, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals struck down federal law infavor of protecting gun owner’s rights in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi.According to the Texas Council on Family Violence, when a gun is in the home,the risk of death increases

Break Bread, Break Borders (B4) is a catering business with a cause. Since 2017 it has trained refugee and immigrant women from all around the world, using storytelling to share food, culture and get jobs in the food service industry. TMWF, Texas Muslim Women’s Foundation is acquiring the social enterprise making “Food for Good”; the merger occurred on Jan 12th and will provide underserved survivors of Domestic Violence this pro-bono culinary training for food handler’s