AWRC has relocated to Indonesia following the appointment of new coordinator Anna Marsiana who hails from Indonesia. AWRC follows a tradition of setting up office in the country where the coordinator comes from. 

Following is the new AWRC office address:
AWRC/PTFA
Jl. Banteng Utama 38
Sinduharjo, Ngaglik, Sleman,
Yogyakarta, 55581 Indonesia
Phone:  +62-274-825-1716
Fax:  +62-274-880-320

Transition between former coordinator Yong Ting Jin and new coordinator Anna Marsiana was done from April to August 2009. Transition included handing over from the KL staff to the new Yogyakarta staff, represented by Iswanti, new Local Representative from Indonesia.

The AWRC shipment arrived in Tanjung Priok Jakarta harbour on 15 June 2009. After clearance was obtained from the Customs office in Jakarta on 19 June, the shipment began the journey to Yogyakarta by road and finally arrived safely at the office on 23 June.

The new Coordinator expressed her gratitude to the students of Christian University of Emmanuel and some members of SCM Indonesia for their kind help in unloading and taking the boxes to the second floor of the building where the AWRC office is located. The students and SCMers also helped the Coordinator in setting up the office.

After a few more weeks the new office became fully operational, equipped with phone line and high-speed internet connection.

AWRC links with local groups

Part of the rationale for moving the AWRC office to the country where the coordinator resides is so that the coordinator does not have to be uprooted and AWRC will be able to contribute to strengthening local groups and networks in the host country.

AWRC coordinator Anna Marsiana has begun building links with local groups and networks in Indonesia, especially in Yogyakarta, which is known as “mini Indonesia” for its multicultural and religious traditions. Yogyakarta is also known as city of education with hundreds of universities and colleges and thousands of students from different parts of Indonesia and the world.

Some initial links have been made with the following:

1. Centre for Feminist Theology Study – Duta Wacana Christian University

Volume 28.3 of In God’s Image was originally planned to focus on the theme, “Age and Dissability”.  Despite the call for papers, however, no contributions were received. 

Incoming and outgoing staff immediately decided to change the focus of the September 2009 edition to Indonesia.  The decision was made with the view of introducing AWRC to Indonesia and Indonesia to AWRC. 

June was really a hectic transition month for both KL and Yogyakarta staff. So when the idea of having the theme on Indonesia was brought up it was not easy for the Indonesian side to decide on a theme right away.

Moreover, the Indonesian team was new and inexperienced in publishing a journal like IGI. It was quite aware of the many technical details involved in publication work.