Media captionFive Egyptian women shared their stories of sexual harassment and abuse with BBC Arabic
Victims of sexual abuse in Egypt are to get anonymity after a high-profile case that saw scores of women use social media to accuse a male student of multiple assaults.
Under the proposals, victims' identities could only be revealed to a court and to defendants upon request.
Research suggests sexual abuse is widespread in Egypt.
However women often fear that if they file complaints they themselves will be blamed.
On Wednesday the Egyptian cabinet approved the anonymity bill, local media reported.
How did the case come to light?
The current attention to the issue began with a rare social media campaign in which women revealed their experiences of alleged abuse.
Last week an Instagram account called Assault Police was set up to publish allegations of rape, sexual harassment and blackmail by dozens of women against student Ahmed Bassam Zaki, who is reportedly from a wealthy family.
Mr Zaki was subsequently arrested and on Monday Egypt's public prosecutor charged him with indecent assault against at least three women, including one who was a minor at the time.
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Mr Zaki faces charges of "attempting to have sex with two girls without their consent and indecent assault against both of them and a third girl" between 2016 and 2020, the prosecutor said.
A statement from the prosecutor general's office said Mr Zaki had admitted contacting six women via social media, receiving photos from them and then threatening to send the photos to their families after they chose to end contact with him.