in effect the frequency and percentage of individuals that go through different judicial processes and use legal services are not the same for men and women international evidence suggests that civil and family matters are likely to be the most relevant for women new zealand for example provides sexdisaggregated data in its family court statistics which show that in of applicants requesting protection orders against violence were female of applicants requesting custody of children were female of applicants requesting the division of property were female and of applicants requesting onepartv dissolution of marriage or civil union were female