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April, 1993 No. 40 ... (in ....(month) 1992 black familes, 11.8 per cent of white): orking class single mothers whov Iched violent ar i abusive men; lesscape-goated for every social problem esbian mothers face a double bind. Those who conceived their children in a previous heterosexual relationship could face custody battles with ormer partners. seeking value for money for the maintenance they are now forced to pay.
And in some circumstances, women who've conceived their children through donor insemination, wil be orced to identity the man, wholl be reated as an absent paren Milions of single women in Britain face a day-in, day-out battle to keep their familes afloat. Their families do not 'need fathers, they nood the right to be economically independent.
They nood the right to live their Eves free of economic dependence on men; and free of being forced into urianted contact with former partners, and state interference with their lives.
Single parents do not have their own powerful union or campaigning organisation - the left and the labour movement must take up this fight. Young people, parents and trade unionists took part in a recent demonstration against Labour-controlled Leicester city council's attempts to close down three adventure playgrounds; Braunstone, Saffron Lane and Highfields. NUPE banners were especially prominent. The march, which took place on March 13, was reportedly the biggest (and definitely the noisiest!) to take place in the town for a long time.