A100   　　Since the Equal Employment Opportunity Law for Men and Women came into force, overt discrimination within companies has disappeared and the number of women being employed in functional jobs in non-administrative roles has risen. That said, the ratio of women in management positions only rose above 10% for the first time in 2004, reaching 10.1%. This is still a low level and, when analyzed at the level of managerial positions, the ratio of supervisors is the highest at 11%; the ratio of section heads is 5%; and the ratio of department heads is a mere 2.7%. Wage discrimination between women and men has not disappeared. Statistics from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, show that the gap between full-time, permanently employed men and women has been gradually shrinking since the 1990s, although a gap of more than 30% remains. There is also a significant wage gap between full-time, permanently employed staff and non-regular staff: 70% of full-time, permanently employed staff are men, while 70% of non-regular staff are women. Thus women have to cope with two handicaps: sexual and employment discrimination.