Mariz Abdou is a Ph.D. Candidate in Economics at CERDI, Clermont Auvergne University. She is a Research Scholar and Teaching Assistant at the same university. Moreover, she is an Assistant Lecturer of Economics at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University (on leave). She holds an MSc. in Financial Economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. Her main research interests lie in International Economics, Trade Policy, Trade and Gender, and International Finance.